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Old 06-04-2014, 07:26 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by mitford13 View Post
On Amazon: Quartered Safe Out Here by George MacDonald Fraser dropped to $1.99, from $9.99. WWII/Burma

http://smile.amazon.com/Quartered-Sa...dp/B004TC14HI/
Great post, thanks.

Though greatly overshadowed by the major theatres of operation--the European and Pacific--in World War II, the China-Burma theatre was the theatre in which the Allied soldiers had probably the greatest overall casualty rate and experienced the greatest suffering. This was not caused so much by the enemy, the Japanese, but by the disease and malnutrition caused by day-in and day-out habitation in the jungles and with the logistical problems of resupplying them in those areas. This was only exacerbated when monsoon season arrived, which brought constant rain for weeks on end. Those soldiers truly suffered a lot, but sadly, are not remembered or honored today as greatly as their fellow soldiers who served in Europe and the Pacific.
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