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In the Shadow of the Bridge
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Alan Elliott
This Story is the Property of Richard Elliott and is not ‘Public Domain’. The contents are not to be copied or used without permision.
CONTENTS
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Preface
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To Singapore
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II
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Prisoner of War
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III
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The Bridge on the River Kwai
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IV
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Bangpong
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V
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To the End of the Road
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VI
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Captain Shosaku Kameyama
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VII
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Yoshihiko Futamatsu
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Postscript
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Biblography
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Acknowledgements
Many people helped me in the preparation of this book, especially the late Louis Allen to whom it is dedicated. Most of the others 'are mentioned in the text. The names are real with the permission of the persons concerned where it is likely to matter. There is one exception, to which I draw attention, in case the use of the real name might be embarrassing to him or his family.
I have drawn upon many books and articles on the subject of prisoners of war in the Far East. The chief among them are listed in the Bibliography. The sources of quotations on the following pages are specifically acknowledged:
Hugh V. Clarke, A Life for Every Sleeper, Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1986
Gilchrist, Sir Andrew, Malaya 1941: The Fall of a Fighting Empire, London, Robert Hale, 1992
Allen, Louis, Burma, The Longest War, London, Dent 1983
British History of lhe Second World War, Vol. 111, HMSO, London, 1958-69
van der Post, Laurens, The Night of the New Moon, London, Chatto & Windus, 1971
Hardie, Dr R. The Burma-Siam Railway: The Secret Diary of Dr Robert Hardie 1942-1945,
London, Imperial War Museum, 1983
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