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![]() THE BATTLE OF MYITKYINA At Myitkyina today they lie at rest: Soldiers all were they who gave their best. Fought and died in mud and rain And never knew the sun again - For when night fell They found the jungle close to Hell. And each artillery shell Sang a melody of death, As they sat with caught-up breath Until the slow dawn came. Through sniper fire and filth In endless rain these brave fought on With all hope gone. Myitkyina has fallen. But its roads are dark with Yankee blood For gallant soldiers died In Burma's mud . . . And now they lie Silent, beneath an alien sky. Pvt. WADE D. HALL |
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a member of the team. The picture was published in another, unknown December 1944 issue. |