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The Forgotten

by Ian Whiteley

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The Forgotten

 

You, the forgotten,

Chindits, Gurkhas, Commonwealth

Fighting to the end

In the jungles of Burma.

Now you are the remembered.

 

[for Sergeant Major Kenneth Whiteley a Burma campaign veteran and my father]

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