Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II by Vicki Constantine Croke

Author:Vicki Constantine Croke [Croke, Vicki Constantine]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Itzy, Kickass.to
ISBN: 9780679603993
Publisher: Random House Digital
Published: 2014-07-15T04:00:00+00:00

In a cable from Mandalay, Susan Rowland made her feelings clear to Williams, whom by now she was calling “Jim,” as his family did. She was in love with him.

The next day Susan arrived, and even in grief, Jim found “there was an understanding between us.” There wasn’t much time for romance; Williams had a detailed report to write in the week before he was to head up-country. But it helped keep his mind off Molly. “Like most heartaches I have had in life,” he wrote, “it was good for me, for only by keeping going full out can such things be lived down.” Something else would comfort him, too: elephants. As luck would have it, he was about to be immersed in them. Before taking leave, he was scheduled to head north for the satisfying task of inducting fifty newly purchased elephants from Thailand into the Bombine ranks.

The animals and their riders had been making their way to Upper Burma for the past year. The elephants would stay, and the men would be returning to their homeland, handing their charges over to a set of new riders.

Out of Rangoon and returned to the forest, Williams was back in his element, marching for miles every day in the corner of the world he knew best. Williams’s new recruit, “Edward,” had been up-country all this time—in charge of hiring the new men and coordinating the rendezvous. The camp he had chosen was a fine clearing framed by massive tamarind trees that provided desperately needed shade in the hot season, and a wide creek bed offering the only trickle of water available for miles.

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