Quote Originally Posted by Jack Daw View Post
Yes, the last book of his I read was Quartered Safe Out Here, which is quite a revelation about his experiences in wartime Burma. I recommend it, but humor is at the minimum as it is very much a frank story.
My grandfather was in the China-Burma-India Theatre during WWII, so it was certainly an eye-opening read for me as to what the allies went through in that "forgotten theatre".

Scott Gilmore's A Connecticut Yankee in the 8th Gurkha Rifles is also a very gripping account of Burma.

T.