Details: A young captain in the Royal Norfolk Regiment, Reggie Burton was wounded in the closing stages of the disastrous defense of Malaya & Singapore. He vividly, yet calmly & with great dignity, describes the horror of captivity at the hands of the Japanese. After initial confusion, the true nature of their captors emerged as, increasingly debilitated, the POWs were forced into backbreaking work. This was only a taste of what was to come. Following a horrific journey in overcrowded cattle trucks, Burton & his dwindling band of colleagues were put to work building the notorious Burma Railway. Somehow he survived to tell this moving & shocking story. Ideal for: Anyone with an interest in WW2 & specifically about what POW's in WW2 went through. This paperback book has 173 pages & measures: 19.7 x 12.8 x 1.5cm