The Bone Man of Kokoda Tapa blanda - 2008

Sydney: Macmillan. 2008. A Very Good copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 272 pages. The extraordinary story of Kokichi Nishimura and the Kokoda Track. . 1st Edition. Trade Paperback.

Pan Macmillan, Sydney, 2008. Softcover. Very Good. Size: 9"-10" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military & Warfare; ISBN: 1405038365. ISBN/EAN: 9781405038362. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 45894. . 9781405038362

Pan Macmillan, Australia, 2011. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Kokichi Nishimura was a member of the 2nd battalion, 144th Regiment of the Japanese Imperial Army. In 1942 he fought along every foot of Kokoda as the Japanese attempted to take Port Moresby. He was the only man from his company to survive the campaign. As he was evacuated to safety he made a promise that one day he would return to his comrades and bring them home to Japan for proper burial. After the war, Nishimura prospered. But under the surface, the driving ambition of his life was to fulfil his promise. In 1979, he shocked his family by returning to New Guinea to search for the remains of Japanese soldiers. For the next 25 years, Nishimura lived alone along the Kokoda Track. Armed only with a metal detector, a mattock and a shovel, he searched for his dead comrades. Over the years he found hundreds of them – some he was able to identify and return their bones to their families; others were unknown, and their… Leer más