Long way back to the River Kwai : memories of World War II
Velmans, Loet2003
Books, Manuscripts
A World War II memoir of the author's experience as a prisoner of war in Indonesia, this work describes more than three years during which he and fellow soldiers were forced by the Japanese to build a railroad through the Burma-Thailand jungle under life-threatening conditions.
Main title:
Long way back to the River Kwai : memories of World War II / Loet Velmans.
Author:
Imprint:
New York : Arcade, c2003.
Collation:
[vi], 230 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm.
ISBN:
15597074109781559707411
Dewey class:
940.5'47252'092940.547252092940.547252
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
320000