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1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hantzis, James Harry, 1920-1976.
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Hantzis, James Harry, 1920-1976. |
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United States. Army. Railway Operating Battalion, 721st.
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United States. Army. Railway Operating Battalion, 721st. |
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Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) |
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Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Transportation.
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Transportation. |
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Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Participation, American.
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Military railroads -- China -- History -- 20th century.
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Military railroads. |
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China. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Military railroads -- Burma -- History -- 20th century.
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Burma. |
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Military railroads -- India -- History -- 20th century.
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India. |
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Soldiers -- United States -- Biography.
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Soldiers. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hantzis, Steven James. Rails of war. Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2017 9781612348537 (DLC) 2016046799 |
| ISBN |
9781612349374 (electronic book) |
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1612349374 (electronic book) |
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9781612349398 (electronic book) |
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1612349390 (electronic book) |
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9781612349381 |
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1612349382 |
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9781612348537 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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161234853X (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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