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The Wars

The armed forces from the Second World War through the three wars with Pakistan and China.

• 1943US Army Canadian Military Pattern Trucks ride alongside Camels in India
• 1945The India-China Wing of the US Air Transport Command flies a C-46 Commando across the Himalayas from India to ROC forces in Mainland China
• 1947Camel mounted soldiers of the 1st Battalion, Sikh Regiment on patrol in Gurgaon, India
• 1962US Ambassador John Galbraith watches Indian Troops testing an Anti-Tank Weapon
• 1965Indian troops securing areas in Kashmir at the end of Operation Grand Slam
• 1965Indian Troops charge a Pakistani Post in the Khem Karan-Kasur Sector on the Lahore Front
• 1971Indian Air Marshal Dewan takes the Instrument of Surrender after it is signed by Pakistani Lt. Gen. Niazi