I am a collector of World War ll memorabilia. I have one piece called a short snorter. They were done in both the pacific and european theatres....

The location seems to be Washawng, in what was called Burma then but is now called Myanmar.

May 3, 1944, the Tenth Air Force was deployed several places in the region, including Washawng, but this appears to be from ground troops so that's probably not it. The Northern Combat Area Command was also deployed in that region, and had ground troops, though I can't find any particular references to Washawng in NCAC records. As of May 3 1944, the only US units I see assigned to the NCAC in Burma are the 5303d Combat Troops, so that would be the most likely. The 10th Air Force was also attached to the 5303d in 1943 and 1944, so that would make sense for the joint operation.

Unfortunately I've not been able to find any references to Mike Council in particular (or variants such as Michael). And as for the Japanese Sergeant, who knows?