The Will to Live: A Japanese POWs Memoir of Captivity and the Railway
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The Will to Live: A Japanese POWs Memoir of Captivity and the Railway by L L Baynes
Memoirs of POWs of the Japanese, always popular, are increasingly rare. Len Baynes draws on his illegally and dangerously kept diary notes to recount his extraordinary shocking and inspiring story. Describes the fighting, captivity on Singapore and the appalling ordeal of building the Death Railway.
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Len Baynes, known as 'Snowy', was born in London and joined the Territorials in 1938. After the War he lost his leg in a car accident, a terrible blow for anyone but particularly a County Rugby player and builder. Now 93 having also survived a stroke, he lives at Stapleford, Cambridgeshire.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781781593004 |
| ISBN 10 | 1781593000 |
| Title | The Will to Live: A Japanese POWs Memoir of Captivity and the Railway |
| Author | L L Baynes |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2013-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 216 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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