The marine from mandalay
(1988)

Nonfiction

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Provider: hoopla

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Pen & Sword Books, 1988
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1 online resource

ISBN/ISSN
9781473816220 (electronic bk.) MWT13069478, 147381622X (electronic bk.) 13069478
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

This is the true story of a Royal Marine wounded by shrapnel in Mandalay in WW2 who undergoes a long solitary march to the Japanese through the whole of Burma and then finds his way back through India and back to Britain to report for duty in Plymouth. On his way he has many encounters and adventures and helps British and Indian refugees. He also has to overcome complete disbelief that a single man could walk out of Burma with nothing but his orders - to report to HQ - and his initiative

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