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

Van Pelt Library DS777.533.T73 H36 2017
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hantzis, Steven James, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Hantzis, James Harry, 1920-1976.
Hantzis, James Harry.
United States. Army. Railway Operating Battalion, 721st.
United States.
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945--Transportation.
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945.
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945--Participation, American.
Military railroads--China--History--20th century.
Military railroads.
Military railroads--Burma--History--20th century.
Military railroads--India--History--20th century.
Soldiers--United States--Biography.
Soldiers.
History.
Transportation.
India.
Burma.
China.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
xiii199 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
[Lincoln] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2017]
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.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Hantzis, Steven James, author. Rails of war.
ISBN:
9781612348537
161234853X
OCLC:
975270211

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