WWII U.S. Army Ledo Road Patch - China-Burma-India

A scarce Theatre made patch for Ledo Road, hand embroidered and removed from uniform.

The Ledo Road from Ledo, Assam, India to Kunming, Yunnan, China was built during World War II so that the Western Allies could supply the Chinese as an alternative to the Burma Road
After the British had been pushed back out of most of Burma by the Japanese, building this road became a priority for the United States. After Rangoon was captured by the Japanese and before the Ledo Road was finished, the majority of supplies to the Chinese were delivered via airlift over the eastern end of the Himalayan Mountains known as the Hump.
Of the 1,726 kilometres (1,072 mi) long road, 1,033 kilometres (642 mi) is in Burma and 632 kilometres (393 mi) is in China with the remainder in India.

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