Members of the Kachin Rangers, 1945

Photograph, World War Two, Far East (1941-1945), 1945.

The Rangers were recruited from the Kachin tribes of northern Burma and commanded by American officers from the Office of Strategic Services. The British Special Operations Executive and the Chindits also raised and worked with Kachin irregular forces to attack Japanese supply lines.

From a collection of 563 loose photographs from the Burma Memorial Collection of Major Jim Allan.