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*From [http://ourstory.info the field service] [American Field Service AFS]
**[http://ourstory.info/library/4-ww2/Ball/fireTC.html#TC ''Ball Of Fire: The Fifth Indian Division in the Second World War''] by Antony Brett-James, 1951
**[http://ourstory.info/library/4-ww2/Geren/diary.html ''Burma Diary''] by Paul Geren published 1943. In 1941 Paul Geren agreed to spend two years at Judson College in Rangoon, Burma, as a short-term missionary under the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. Following the Japanese bombing Professor Geren's classroom became a field hospital as he offered his services as an ambulance driver to Dr. Gordon Seagrave, the famed Burma surgeon. He later trekked to India
**[http://ourstory.info/library/4-ww2/Muehl/sahibTC.html ''American Sahib''] by John Frederick Muehl 1946 He was with the American Field Service, attached to the British Indian Army. Also available on [https://archive.org/details/AmericanSahib Archive.org]
**[http://ourstory.info/library/4-ww2/VB/Burma.html ''Victory in Burma''] published July, 1945 by British Information Services, New York
→Historical books online
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/505988 ''The Indian Engineers, 1939-47''] by Lieut Colonel E. W. C. Sandes 1956. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/CBI/index.html#burma-def Hyperwar: CBI Theater of Operations] from "HyperWar: World War II on the World Wide Web".
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/219993 ''Indian Army Triumphant in Burma''] by Dr Anil Chandra 1984. Full title: ''Indian Army triumphant in Burma : the Burmese campaign, 1941-45''. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/206262 ''Burma During Japanese Occupation Volume II''] 1944. A government Burma Intelligence Bureau report, published at Simla. Pdf file to download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/CrisisFleeting/default.htm ''Crisis Fleeting. Original Reports On Military Medicine In India And Burma
In The Second World War''] Compiled and Edited by
James H. Stone. Office Of The Surgeon General
Department Of The Army
Washington, D.C., 1969. Website of the US Army Medical Department, Office of Medical History
*[https://archive.org/details/ImphalFlowerOnLoftyHeights ''Imphal: A Flower On Lofty Heights''] by Lieutenant-General Sir Geoffrey Evans and Antony Brett-James 1962 Archive.org
*''Trek Back From Burma'' by W G Burchett, first published c 1943. Two different pdf files to download: [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/102827 A], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/175474 B] Digital Library of India. The author was a journalist initially covered the Sino-Japanese War . Early in 1942 he covered the rout of British forces in Burma then from June travelled extensively through Kuomintang-controlled China and eventually returned to India through Burma.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/527961 ''Chungking Diary''] by D F Karaka. 1942. Pdf download, Digital Library of India
:[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/528002 ''With The 14th Army''] by D F Karaka, War Correspondent, ''The Bombay Chronicle''. 1944. A personal diary. Pdf download, Digital Library of India
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/527355 ''Wings Over Burma''] by Kenneth Hemingway 1944. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/66623 ''Wingate's Raiders. An account Account of the incredible adventure Incredible Adventure that raised Raised the curtain Curtain on the battle Battle for Burma''] by Charles J Rolo , first published 1944. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/81160 ''With Wingate In Burma''] by David Halley 1945. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/208924 ''Chindit Column 76'' by W.A. Wilcox] 1945. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/127187 ''Wrath In Burma''] by Fred Eldridge 1946. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Full title: ''Wrath in Burma : the uncensored story of General Stilwell and international maneuvers in the Far East''.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/527333 ''Burma And The Japanese Invader''] by Christian John Leroy 1945. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/175424 ''The War In Burma''] by Roy Mckelvie 1948. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*''Defeat into Victory'' by Sir William Slim, 1956, about the Burma Campaign, is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. Contents, computer page 9. [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/150246 Pdf download]
*From [http://ourstory.info the field service] [American Field Service AFS]
**[http://ourstory.info/library/4-ww2/Ball/fireTC.html#TC ''Ball Of Fire: The Fifth Indian Division in the Second World War''] by Antony Brett-James, 1951
**[http://ourstory.info/library/4-ww2/Geren/diary.html ''Burma Diary''] by Paul Geren published 1943. In 1941 Paul Geren agreed to spend two years at Judson College in Rangoon, Burma, as a short-term missionary under the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. Following the Japanese bombing Professor Geren's classroom became a field hospital as he offered his services as an ambulance driver to Dr. Gordon Seagrave, the famed Burma surgeon. He later trekked to India.
**[http://ourstory.info/library/4-ww2/Muehl/sahibTC.html ''American Sahib''] by John Frederick Muehl 1946 He was with the American Field Service, attached to the British Indian Army. Also available on [https://archive.org/details/AmericanSahib Archive.org]
**[http://ourstory.info/library/4-ww2/VB/Burma.html ''Victory in Burma''] published July, 1945 by British Information Services, New York
*Text from ''Navvies To The Fourteenth Army'' by AH Pilcher c 1947 is available as pdf downloads from the Koi Hai website, located under [http://www.koi-hai.com/Default.aspx?id=508961 Memories, the Henderson Family] Scroll down to the item dated October 12, 2009; the direct link for the [http://08.enable.com/fusion/getfile.asp?k:A6W:24:D1:11:8Dg:DC main text]. Note: Depending on your browser, you may need to locate the downloads in your downloads folder. The downloads do not contain the illustrations and maps from the original publication. The author was Col. A H Pilcher who at the outbreak of the second world war commanded the [[Assam Valley Light Horse]]. In March 1942 he was put in charge of raising a labour force from the Tea Plantations to build the Manipur/Burma Road to evacuate the 14th Army and also the many civilians who were fleeing Burma. Eventually he raised and commanded a labour force of 82000 <ref> Scroll down to comments section [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/40/a2776340.shtml Jungle Work: A Civil Engineer in Burma] BBC ww2peopleswar</ref> This book (55 pages) was published in Calcutta for Private Circulation and was illustrated with black and white plates and line drawing maps. <ref> marelibri.com, page no longer accessible</ref> The [[British Library]] has a catalogue reference Mss Eur F174/1316, but it is not stated whether this is the printed book, or a manuscript. The book is available at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Library, University of London.
*''Forgotten Frontier'' by Geoffrey Tyson, published 1945, may be viewed online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, including as a [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/528129 pdf download]. The book is about the escape of refugees from Burma in 1942 and the help provided by the tea planters of Assam in assisting the refugees from North Burma into India.
