Rubber Soldiers
The Forgotten Army that Saved the Allies in WWII
The Rubber Soldiers were an army of 55,000 men from the Brazilian northeast, who were sent to the Amazon basin to harvest rubber for the Allied War effort under an agreement between Brazil and the US. Approximately 26,000 of these men died in the Amazon of malaria, yellow fever, and other jungle afflictions. Many of the original tappers are still alive, now in their late nineties, and living in slums in major Amazonian cities, still awaiting compensation. This book proves the US did pay for the rubber, contrary to common belief in Brazil that they did not. The book also shows that the Allied air bases on Brazils northeastern coast were critic…
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Weitere Autoren: Neeleman, Rose
- ISBN: 978-0-7643-5332-1
- EAN: 9780764353321
- Produktnummer: 21588502
- Verlag: Schiffer Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 200 S.
- Masse: H15.2 cm x B22.8 cm 652 g
- Abbildungen: 57 b/w photos
- Gewicht: 652
Über den Autor
Gary Neeleman was awarded the silver medal of merit by the Sao Paulo Journalista for his coverage of the 1964 military coup in Brazil. In 2015, Gary was awarded both the Cididao Paulistano [Honorary Citizen of the City of Sao Paulo] for his contributions to Brazil, and the Order of the Rio Branco, Brazil's highest award given by the national government for exceptional services.
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