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Old 03-23-2012, 06:37   #1
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WWII Vets Repay 'Debt of Honor' to Myanmar Rebels

They formed a guerrilla force, the Kachin Rangers, which numbered 10,800 at its peak and killed 5,400 Japanese while losing only 202 of their own -- one of the highest kill-loss ratios in U.S. military history.

http://www.military.com/news/article...tml?ESRC=eb.nl

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Old 03-23-2012, 07:24   #2
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Well spoken...

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Old 03-23-2012, 14:05   #3
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Thanks BMT. In many ways that story sounds so familiar, but hopefully with a bit better end, or one still in progress. Damn, that's impressive.
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