Rails of war : supplying the Americans and their allies in China-Burma-India

Author/Creator:: Hantzis, Steven James, author
Publication/Creation:: [Lincoln] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2017]
Resource Type:: Book

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

Subjects:: Hantzis, James Harry,1920-1976
United States.Army.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

Table of 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.
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: xiii199 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm