[Milsurplus] OSS in Burma

[Hue Miller]

Last weekend on the History Channel was a show called, i think,
"The Color of War". It used only color films from WW2  (some 
strange looking color) and seemed to be gathered around the
topic of "supplying the troops".  One scene showed Allied 
Forces in Burma ( OSS or ??? ) using a locally built portable
radio to contact for airdrops. This thing was roughly 16" tall
x 12" wide x 5" deep and had one main dial that i saw, that 
looked like a 1930s vernier tuning dial. It was built in a 
blonde or light color wood cabinet. This is apparently the
radio i reported on earlier, that was mentioned in a book
on the OSS in CBI, that discussed the groups designing
and building their own radios,  from  locally available
radio parts ( available to their bases in India, that is) and 
parts from  "V-100" radios supplied to China. The idea was
to lighten the load, by not using the V-100. There may be
a question if these radios were used other than for training,
mayhaps the SCR-694 was later used on actual missions?
Or maybe these home-built trans-receivers were actually
used on the line. Oh yes, the book mentioned only 80 meter
band operation, but range out to 500 mi. or so. Probably 
none survived. The film, probably staged, shows an airdrop
following the radio's use, with C-47s dropping chutes. ( Or
was it C-46? )
Little known material from WW2.
Regards, Hue Miller