| 1,000 Days on the River Kwai: The Secret Diary of a British Camp Commandant Contributor(s): Owtram Obe, Colonel Cary (Author) |
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ISBN: 1473897807 ISBN-13: 9781473897809 Publisher: US Naval Institute Press OUR PRICE: $31.46 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Military - History | Military - World War Ii - Literary Collections | Diaries & Journals |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 9.3" W x 6.4" (1.05 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: After being captured in Singapore and transported to the infamous Burma railway Colonel Cary Owtram was appointed the British Camp Commandant at Chungkai, one of the largest POW camps. Many ex-prisoners testified to the mental and physical courage that he showed protecting POWs from the worst excesses of their captors. In addition, it is clear that Owtram bore heavy responsibility for those under his charge and the daily trauma of dealing with the unpredictable Japanese Recollections of his family supplement this memoir, vividly demonstrating the agony and worry experienced by family members waiting back home. |
Contributor Bio(s): Owtram Obe, Colonel Cary: - COLONEL CARY OWTRAM OBE was commissioned into the Royal Marine Artillery in 1917. His war service in Malaya and captivity in Singapore and on the Burma railway are the subject of this exceptional memoir. |