POW of the Japanese | Aussie Veteran's Story of Survival. James Ling!

RIP James Ling - Interviewed on 2nd May 2003
James "Jim" Ling, a soldier of the 8th Division Signals Unit, became a prisoner of war after the fall of Singapore in 1942. Captured by the Japanese, he endured the brutal conditions of Changi Prison and was forced to build the infamous Thai-Burma Railway. This is his story of survival, resilience, and the horrors of war.
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