Two days of continuous rain reduce the roads to a sea of mud, making driving conditions challenging, around Tagaung and Minong, Burma.

Dodge 4x4 trucks and jeeps of 29th Brigade 36th Division successfully manage the journey with only one or two vehicles getting bogged. Vehicles driving through mud and into the village of Minong. A lorry is pulled from the mud with the help of troops.

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At this point 36th Division (commanded by Major-General F W Festing) was part of Northern Combat Area Command (NCAC) under the American Lieutenant-General Daniel Sultan. NCAC was a multi-national force comprising Mars Task Force (American and Chinese) and two Chinese Armies (New First Army and New Sixth Army) in addition to 36th British Division.