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Author:

Hantzis, Steven James, author.

Title:

Rails of war : supplying the Americans and their allies in China-Burma-India / Steven James Hantzis.

Publisher:

Potomac Booksan imprint of the University of Nebraska Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

pages cm

Subject:

Hantzis, James Harvey,--1920-1976.
United States.--Railway Operating Battalion, 721st.--Railway Operating Battalion, 721st.
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945--Transportation.
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945--Participation, American.
Military railroads--China--History--20th century.
Military railroads--Burma--History--20th century.
Military railroads--India--History--20th century.
Soldiers--United States--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

SS Mariposa -- Leaving Bombay -- Indian rails -- To Parbatipur -- Air raid -- The Ledo Road -- Relay -- First encounters -- Inside the 721st -- Merrill's Marauders -- Company B -- Fire -- Mutaguchi's gift -- The Battle of Kohima -- After the storm -- Inbound -- Material inferiority -- Monsoon -- The Siege of Myitkyina -- A ghost in the yards -- Kaunia Junction -- Brothers -- Japanese retrench -- Medic! Medic! -- Stepping up -- Another Christmas -- Milepost 103 -- The road less traveled -- Toy train to Shangri-la -- Crossing Irrawaddy -- The home fires -- Blue flag -- Coupled up -- The new president -- Endgame -- Above Rangoon Jail -- Germany surrenders -- Discharge -- The conductor -- Around the world -- Departure -- Christmas 1945.

ISBN:

161234853X
9781612348537

OCLC:

(OCoLC)975270211

LCCN:

2016046799

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)