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Posted amazon.co.uk Waterstone's Last Man Out Surviving the Burma-Thailand Death Railway: A Memoir H. Robert Charles Format: Paperback 240 pages Date of publication: 26th January 2007 Publisher: Motorbooks International ISBN: 076032820X Robert Charles was a machine-gunner on the USS Houston, sank by the Japanese in Sundra Straight in 1942. After swimming for nine hours, he was picked up off the Java coast by Japanese forces, and held for forty-three months in slave-labor camps. One of the few to survive the Burma-Thailand railway, Charles brings all his skills as journalist to bear in this harrowing and vivid account which details the brutality of the camps along with the inspiring courage of men such as Henry Hekking, a Dutch Army doctor, whose knowledge of local herbs saved the lives of his fellow POW's, including the author. Click the above link/image for details of this book. Reply to this topic to add your review. Use the Rate It! link to submit your rating of this book.

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