A Guest of the Emperor
- ISBN-10
- 0864391900
- ISBN-13
- 9780864391902
- Category
- Burma-Siam Railway
- Pages
- 141
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Author
- James Russell Savage
Description
Autobiographical memoir of the author's time as a prisoner of war of the Japanese. Tells of his experiences as a young gunner with the AIF, and his time on the notorious Thai-Burma railway, after the fall of Singapore. Describes his subsequent voyage to Japan as a prisoner and his incarceration in Honshu, North Japan.
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