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China Burma India Theater WWII
Excerpts from General Joseph 'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell's diary on his retreat from Burma to India in 1942. Included in my link are photos of people he may have seen along the way. (see 'my link text')
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1944 Battle of Imphal - Mawlaik not just any village on the Chindwin River
In March 1944 the Japanese charged through Mawlaik, Burma to invade Imphal, India. The defeated Japanese retreated through Mawlaik in July 1944, leaving the sick and wounded to commit suicide in the Mawlaik Forestry building (see photo of building at end of link - see 'my link text')
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Mawlaik Burma Has a Golf Course
In the middle of nowhere, this remote village on the Chindwin River in Myanmar (Burma), has a golf course. Once the headquarters for the British Raj teak logging, Victoria era homes stand empty, vacated during WWII when the British evacuated Burma in 1942. See photos of the houses using my link for this post.
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China Burma India Theater WWII
This blog is intended to show the reader the setting of my book, Behind the Forgotten Front, as it is today, in the 21st century. Much of the culture is the same.
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