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'v- These . operaU,ons included voyages to places -on the coaut Of Burma in Japanese occupation well behimi the enemy's front line. - M, I', had to keel) out of Bight of .' land " . during :day- • :light and 41-y roach the coast on the darkest nigits ''-to- , arrive at' their appointed plaklea', which were far away from their baeo! ...exactly . the time they were ordered to be '• • ••","/ there , a performance which would try tie 134)(.1,14. 4•1;•71 seamen or long , experience.. 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Iftt 11i1/1,/,a/t,. 1);; )6)/ 7)/1( 111;rf d)fi :41 44:7:44,,, ; - • ...ositA ' "SetOtAte., fix..-"*.44,1 ; _ P. •Air 3..• 40— ' 0!: • • ..,„ ;•;.-, ;!.i; • '') ;,:f ‘•? • , , 4 1.".1-7P4IP I 41 IOU r'‘)0.1 te4t;' goit A 4 ,pfrr 'k4r •' : •:„ ;,;4" vhamiClItiLiCA 114'4 rtmetwor4.60,4,144‘.4g A71,140a4 , r‘ . ).‘ PAGE . - The Rt. Hon'ble Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith ... ••• 11 Captain K. S. Lyle ••• •• iv • • • On patrol off the Burma Coast ••• I M. Ls of the Burma Flotilla .• ••• viii Navy Personnel ••• ••• ••• ••• 4 M. L's on patrol ••• ••• .•• 8 Wireless Receiving Station ••. 10 M. L's Operating •• •• ••• • . 15 Sir Reginald inspects M. L. ••• 20 Allied bombing before amphibious assult ••• ••• 21 . 25 H. M. I. S. Barracuda . ••• 0 e• Cadets under training . ••• 28 M. L's on patrol ••• ••• ••• ••• 32 . Liberation of Burma ••• 35 Assault in Arakan •• ••• .., 36 -i ••• Landing in Arakan I•• ••• 37 M. L's and Landing Craft in Ara.kan ••• ••• .38 Action Station ••• ••• 39 Japanese Surrender at Rangoon ••• .• Captain Lyle and Sub-Lieut. Kyaw Thein Lwin ••• 40 Supreme Allied Commander addressing Burma Navy ••• 42 First official Parade, 1940 ••• ••• 14 '4 .A4001.4+ BURMA'S NAVY Burma separated from India in 1937. She thereafter became responsible for her own local Naval defence. • It was decided that a Burma R.N.V.R.
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