DEKHO! The Journal of The Burma Star Association - Issue No. 192 Year 2019 - Page 10
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There was a degree of urgency to this move as the Japanese 31 st Division had already crossed the Chindwin River and were advancing rapidly westwards. They also totalled about 16,000 men but they only …
DEKHO! The Journal of The Burma Star Association - Issue No. 192 Year 2019 - Page 13
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The photos in Mr Clarke’s article on the previous page have the following ‘captions’ to go with them: No1. This is our craft LCT1156 on a beach in Malaya after we dropped a number of personnel and the …
DEKHO! The Journal of The Burma Star Association - Issue No. 192 Year 2019 - Page 11
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Tom’s Regiment was now a Jungle Field training Regt. After a gruelling six days’ train journey he was stationed on the North West Frontier. He described this as very boring and hot. He was stationed a …
DEKHO! The Journal of The Burma Star Association - Issue No. 192 Year 2019 - Page 12
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Tom made many friends in the American sector, both black and white, often exchanging visits to shows when possible. The Yanks always wore a pistol and often during a show or film some- one would shout …
DEKHO! The Journal of The Burma Star Association - Issue No. 192 Year 2019 - Page 14
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Three ambulance trucks and a lorry drove up and took them away, including dead and injured villagers. We lost twenty three Gurkhas dead and wounded from this incident. We stayed on that road all night …
DEKHO! The Journal of The Burma Star Association - Issue No. 192 Year 2019 - Page 15
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Members’ Supplies SELLING PRICE OF SALES ITEMS INCLUDING fl POSTAGE (Overseas postal charges provided on request for individual orders.) Full Members only Members’ Badges £4.00 Pagoda Ties £10.00 Beret …
