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Neville Hogan (Ref: 12342/6), a Karen private with the
Burma Auxiliary Force, recalls swimming the fast flowing River
Sittang after the premature destruction of the bridge left him
stranded on the south bank.
Dominic Neill (Ref: 13299/8), an animal transport officer
with 8 Column during the first Chindit Expedition, describes being
ambushed by Japanese troops at Thayatow on the 14th April 1943.
Roland Nappin (Ref: 20593/4), a muleteer with 2nd Bn Welch
Regt, describes problems he encountered when loading mules.
Indian troops provided a large proportion of 14th Army's fighting
capacity. John Randle (Ref: 20457/34), an officer with
the 7/10th Baluch Regt, discusses the field rations that sustained
him and his men during the campaign.
Servicemen in Burma often faced difficult and dangerous terrain.
Here Norman Bowdler (Ref: 22342/14), a trooper with 25th
Dragoons, recalls the problems of driving his Grant tank over
the Ngakyedauk Pass in 1944.
Bert Harwood (Ref: 20769/10) served as Sergeant Major
with C Coy, 4th Bn Royal West Kent Regt during the siege of Kohima.
He describes the conditions for the wounded during the battle.
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