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Hell under the rising sun : Texan POWs and the building of the Burma-Thailand death railway / Kelly E. Crager.

Author: Crager, Kelly E., 1968-

Edition Statement:1st ed.

Imprint:College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2008.

Descriptionxiii, 196 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Note:Becoming soldiers -- Across the Pacific -- Defense of Java and capitulation -- Becoming prisoners : the learning period -- "Hell ships" and Changi -- Into the jungle -- "Speedo!" -- Out of the jungle and liberation -- Becoming whole -- Appendix : Prisoners held by the Japanese.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-191) and index.



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