The Mangroves: A Novella

by John L. Campbell

Based upon actual events. In February, 1945, the Japanese garrison on Ramree Island began a retreat to mainland Burma under heavy British fire. Poorly equipped and on foot, one thousand men of the 121st Imperial Infantry Regiment marched into a massive mangrove swamp, and into the jaws of a nightmare. Days later, only twenty soldiers emerged alive. Lt. Shoji Kichida, a young man weary of battle and longing for home, is about to learn there are horrors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477595694
• ISBN13: 9781477595695
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"