This is a gripping, true account by a Commando during the Burma campaign. He and the members of his Commando were sent from the Middle East to assist Chiang-Kai-Shek in his guerilla war against the Japanese.
On arrival in Burma the Commandos were posted to the Bush Warfare School at Maymyo. Here they were instructed in how to live in the jungle by local Burmans, in the use of explosives by the famous, later Brigadier, Mike Calvert DSO, and in the rudiments of Urdu and Mandarin. Frederick Goode alone of his comrades was very successful in learning these languages, which knowledge was to prove vital in the future. The Commandos carried out attacks against Thai/Japanese positions, but were eventually cut off behind the Japanese lines. Their CO decided that he and his Commando should split into small groups and make their way towards India and safety.
Frederick walked 2,000 miles towards India, but was betrayed to the Japanese when only twenty miles short of his destination. They were captured, tortured and held in Rangoon Central Jail until the end of the war.
This forceful and vivid account is compelling reading and should be among the epics of the Burma Campaign. Frederick Goode was a Corporal at the time and had his deeds and powers of leadership been officially known then he could well have been decorated and commissioned.