Hell on Land, Disaster at Sea : The Story of Merrill's Marauders and the Sinking of the Rhona

by RANDLE, FRED E.; Hughes, William W.

• ISBN13: 9781563117763
• ISBN10: 1563117762
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-31
• Publisher: Turner Pub Co

Summary

In Hell On Land... Fred Randle breaks his more than half century of silence on his ordeal during World War II, including an eye witness account of America's worst at-sea military disaster, the sinking of the HMS Rohna in which 1,047 American soldiers were killed. Randle also describes his service with Merrill's Marauders against Japanese forces in Burma, and his survival during their 800-mile march through the world's most formidable terrain. History buffs will find Randle's first hand criticisms of the decisions and actions of American General Joseph W. Stilwell in the Asian campaign to be both sobering and enlightening. A must read! Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 4
Prelude to War	p. 12
Sinking of the Rohna	p. 17
A Mystifying Concealment	p. 27
Misery on the Plains of India	p. 30
On the Eve of Combat	p. 34
Climbing a Mountain	p. 42
Assault on Walawbum	p. 49
Blood in the Hukawng Valley	p. 56
Photograph Gallery	p. 62
The Battle of Nhpum Ga	p. 80
The Value of Lives	p. 92
The Road to Mitch	p. 98
Lost in the Jungle	p. 106
The Fall of Myitkyina	p. 111
The Vinegar in Vinegar Joe	p. 124
The Lovely Kachins	p. 133
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