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

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. Many of them had grown up together in Jacksboro, Texas, and almost all of them we...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Crager, Kelly E., 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2008.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Texas A & M University military history series ; 116.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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