Hell on Land Disaster at Sea: The Story of Merrill's Marauders and the Sinking of the Rhona
In Hell on Land Fred Randle breaks his more than half a century silence on his ordeal during World War II, including eye witness account of America's worst at-sea military disaster, the sinking of the HMS Rohna in which 1,047 American soldiers were killed. Randle also describes his service with Merrill's Marauders against Japanese forces in Burma, and his survival during their 800-mile march through the world's most formidable terrain. History buffs will find Randle's first hand criticisms of the decisions and actions of American General Joseph W Stilwell in the Asian campaign to be both sobering and enlightening.
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Book details
- Author
- Fred Randle
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover, Paperback
- Subjects
- Biography & Autobiography › Military
- Topics
- World War II · HMS Rohna sinking · Burma campaign · military memoir · General Stilwell · Pacific theater
- ISBN-13
- 9781563117763 (Hardcover)9781630269562 (Paperback)
About the authors
FRED E. RANDLE was a World War II veteran who served with Merrill’s Marauders, the U.S. Army’s 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), in Burma. He is the author of Hell on Land Disaster at Sea.
Randle survived the sinking of the HMS Rohna in 1943, one of the worst at-sea military disasters in American history, and was sworn to secrecy about the event for more than fifty years.
Randle died on November 23, 2020, at the age of 97, in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
WILLIAM W. HUGHES is the "as told to" collaborator on Hell on Land Disaster at Sea, co-authored with Fred E. Randle.