1000 Days on the River Kwai

1000 Days on the River Kwai The Secret Diary of a British Camp Commandant Author:H C Owtram Format:Softcover Dimensions:6" x 9.25" Pages:168 Photos:32 black and white illustrations Publisher:Pen and Sword Military ISBN:9781526772053 Item No. 9781526772053 Memoirs by former prisoners of war of the Japanese invariably make for a moving reading but Colonel Owtram's account of his years of captivity has a special significance.After being captured in Singapore and transported to the infamous Burma railway, he was appointed the British Camp Commandant at Chungkai, one of the largest POW camps.Many ex-prisoners testified to the mental and physical courage that he showed protecting POWs from the worst excesses of their captors. Of course his account does not admit to this but what is clear is that in addition to the deprivation and hardship suffered by all POWs, the author bore heavy responsibility for those under his ch