Ramgarh
DRIVER TRAINING ACCIDENTS

  One of the Courses of Instruction at Ramgarh was training for truck drivers.  When completed, the Ledo Road would need drivers for the truck convoys to China.  Ramgarh trained the Chinese in anticipation of this need.  Many Chinese had never seen a motor vehicle.  Most had never driven before, especially not a 2½-ton truck.  Sometimes the result was as shown in the photos below.

  T/Sgt. Chuck Louis, who provided these photos, served for 2½ years at Ramgarh as an MP with the 118th Miltary Police Co.  Among his duties were patrolling the road between Ramgarh and Ranchi and writing reports about training accidents like these...

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