Railwaymen in the War Tales by Japanese Railway Soldiers in Burma and Thailand 1941-47

The first Japanese army unit was established in 1896. The Japanese railway engineers was a unique branch of the army which specialized in the operation and construction of railways and the employees of the Japanese National Railways conscripted into the army. This book tells the stories of the railway soldiers and JNR men during their training, their working experience in Burma, their engagements with the allied armies and their life after the surrender through the memoirs and testaments of those soldiers.Tamayama, Kazuo is the author of 'Railwaymen in the War Tales by Japanese Railway Soldiers in Burma and Thailand 1941-47', published 2005 under ISBN 9781403932242 and ISBN 1403932247.