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“This historically strong and emotionally powerful book honors these men, who surely have great reason to be proud.”—Choice
“Hell under the Rising Sun: Texan POWs and the Building of the Burma-Thailand Death Railway is especially welcome in American prisoner-of-war studies . . . . Historically strong and emotionally powerful, this book honors the men of the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Regiment of the Texas National Guard. Surely, they have a great deal to be proud of, and this book does them justice.”—H-Net Reviews
“Hell under the Rising Sun: Texan POWs and the Building of the Burma-Thailand Death Railway is especially welcome in American prisoner-of-war studies . . . . Historically strong and emotionally powerful, this book honors the men of the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Regiment of the Texas National Guard. Surely, they have a great deal to be proud of, and this book does them justice.”—H-Net Reviews
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KELLY E. CRAGER is head of the Oral History Project, The Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University. He was formerly a visiting assistant professor in the history department at Texas A&M University. He completed his dissertation at the University of North Texas, where he met surviving members of the “Lost Battalion” through the university’s oral history program.
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