Hell Under the Rising Sun: Texan Pows and the Building of the Burma-Thailand Death Railway
- ISBN-10
- 1603444165
- ISBN-13
- 9781603444163
- Category
- Oral history
- Pages
- 196
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Texas A&M University Press
- Author
- Kelly E. Crager
Description
Late in 1940, the young men of the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Regiment stepped off the trucks at Camp Bowie in Brownwood, Texas, ready to complete the training they would need for active duty in World War II. This title includes personal memoirs and oral history interviews of the Lost Battalion members.
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