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    A Soldier's Letter About His Adventures on the Burma Road During World War Ii
    A Soldier's Letter About His Adventures on the Burma Road During World War Ii
    A Soldier's Letter About His Adventures on the Burma Road During World War Ii
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    A Soldier's Letter About His Adventures on the Burma Road During World War Ii

    By Elmer Olson and Peter Trunce

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    This book was written basically to demonstrate
    the procedures that Sgt Peter Trunce used in trying
    to get refugees safely out of Burma and away from
    the Japanese during World War II. Some of these
    refugees were their own worst enemies. They died
    because of their own foolish mistakes, lack of reason
    and discipline, and lack of knowledge.

    It was obvious from the letter he wrote that Sgt
    Trunce had much compassion for the people he was there to help.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateJul 27, 2011
    ISBN9781463432577
    A Soldier's Letter About His Adventures on the Burma Road During World War Ii

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      A Soldier's Letter About His Adventures on the Burma Road During World War Ii - Elmer Olson

      Contents

      INTRODUCTION

      PETE STARTS HIS LETTER

      TO HELEN

      PETE’S ACCOUNT OF THE EVACUATION OF BURMA

      POST SCRIPT

      INTRODUCTION

      While going through some letters that had been written to my mother-in-law, I discovered an extremely interesting letter written to her by her brother. In this letter he tells about his adventures while in the army during World War II. I found his experiences in Burma to be so educational and so interesting that I felt they should be shared with other people even though many years have elapsed between the year 2009 and a time during the early 1940s.

      I was amazed that he could remember so many experiences he had while escorting the refugees along the Burma roads to India in order to escape from the Japanese.

      I will spell the names of the cities he mentioned in his letter just as he did. I am not sure whether they are all spelled correctly since I could not locate some of cities on the map of Burma, which is now called Myanmar.

      The letter as written below from Peter to his sister Helen, was written on November 7, 1945.

      PETE STARTS HIS LETTER

      TO HELEN

      Dear Helen,

      I received your letter this morning and was very glad to hear from you again. How can I resist answering your letter after reading the last one? Thank you, Helen, and thank you both, for all for all the trouble and worry I caused you. If I had known that you had received the papers naming you as my beneficiary, I would have let you know when I landed.

      My hand and fingers are so stiff from not writing so long. I hope you make out the words, and that this thin writing paper will last until I can tell you all that need to be told about my experiences since seeing you last. I was thinking of you and the kiddies when I had the insurance policy made out. There was no one else in the family that I would think of who could use the money to a better advantage than you and the kiddies in case something did happen to me while I was in the army. It was only a few pennies from my pocket that I never did miss as I had plenty to spend, and it would have helped to give your children a good education. Because I am now out of the service, the insurance policy is discontinued.

      The money I sent you was for my much tardy part

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