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theirrctruat
Yinrt!-'_notinl:1

and capture.

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thof'-'_,'ut t.wo hundr-o-I

hu.rd i-o d t.o

d o f'ond

Therois however

some infor.;;J.tion

initialo.tta.cl: on l':='itl~'LH)_ and the air strip
Japanesed i.o d Ln bu t.t.Le , Lo nvi n. c."_"J'it twot:,o town.
Ammunition Was vor-. low.

"Col.

}~aruyUJllc..dispersed
h i o C':"::'.
Dur i n: i.ho tollowin,haphazardly')ve.r:,rvrlwrc.
It -traS a VI:1.nt'~s L:v,
they didn't
SfJ!...l!'. toam at any pa r t i cu La r- thinr;.
'I'h oJaI'Z\nofH) no Ld t er-s on tl-.,-, o t.ho r hand had orders
t.o f'ire one shot/l.t 2. time and only wnen they were: sure of a hit."cb:, s t~1U onony wore sh0otin::;of ore the: enemy att\ckedon tho worrt air strip,
statiolltJd
ound Myitkyina
dispatchedcvrho
to s t cu tho Alliedo.ttack i!"'.the North and Wast.
A'oout fourhu.tdr cd men wer-o IoN; bch ind , lar:-;ely i'r-cm the 11'1m Ro :i.U(;l1t.
iIy ·Cnl. kiaruynma did notot, the town too.ttacl:otl.
Lc.tur liuj 0 C-Gr•• Mizul:n.rni of tho 5Gth Dhisionbrou~;ht inrcof more than two ru.-imontn but thoso wo ro unatLo
to hold the tow .•~isEv

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rooob

Lsreor'or-cornerrta.)

Itwas the conCGnSUS ornonr; the ~~irls that Alliud.intenso and fribht()nin~and. b o c.i uucof t:10l11thoy
sp cn t. most of thoirLo.s t days in f'oxho Le s , One or two evencc..rriod on work t.h e ro ,The c ornf'o r t houses were b on.b od andsever a I of the girls
wore woundod and k i Ll cd 0bCl:l')in~-;B we ro,~E}.!'UT A1:D CAPrURE I
Tho etory "f the rGtroat
arid f innl cap t.ur c of the"comfort
Cil-1s" is s omowhn t VIl[';UO and confusedin theirawnl,\inds.
From vnrious
rop o rtis it El['pGnrs that the followin~,;ocour-r od i 'on tho nicht of JulJ' 3ht
a purty of Bixt~' throu
p cop Lo inoludin;-; thu noanl.fort .,irIs"of three houses(flal:u!hir.roWaS mor ged with Kinsui),fOJnilius,and ho Ip e r c , s t ar bed
acr-o s s tho Irrawaddy Riv{:jr in smnll boats.
Th0Y (lvu.·dAH\llylanded eomewn er-e ncer WainqnaVlo They sto.yed theru until~ur:ust 4th" but nevo r en+er-ed Wain!v.ulw. From thor-u th~'f'o Llowed b t.h epu th of a e;roup of soldiers
until
A.U:~UBt7thwallskinnish
with tho(L'"1dtho rart:'rup.
The r.irls
vusr» ordered
to follow tho ao Id Lor o Q f't,':l" at!lrl)U hour inturvnl.
Thoy di1 tr_ill 0'11" to fil,d t'l<J;'~U1'Ic;S 0:"tho banl; of a. riverwith no Si!?l of i:!lO co Ld i.o r-s 01- 'ill:' i -onn sof cr-o e e In; 0 Thvy r omc.Lned in p no ar'by hou ao urrt i I .\U:·;Uf;t lOt.>'dlle! ~ thoy VIOl' U CQr tu red by 1\:, d::Ul B 01'l io r::; Led :~:/ 'en En 1 i eho "f i.c o r , Th(;y "Nero t'l!:8l! to ~..yiU:::/inr\ J..;1d t~tull to thu V:doe t ockado whur-c tiluint.f.rro;:.,i"io)lt;
w!li':', t'orr. t::c ~a e i c of t;,icr op or t tool: 1,100c( .•whent.horoaenemy

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