Transcript of an interview with Plakattil Chathan Pengan, Kattoor, Kerala
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Interviewed by George K Alapatt on 20th September 1981. Plakattil Chathan Pengan was in the Indian Army from 1915 to 1918, and served in Mesopotamia (Basra) during the First World War.
Transcript of an interview with A O Kuriappan, Kattoor, Kerala
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Interviewed by George K Alapatt on 17th September 1981. A O Kuriappan was in the Indian Army from 1941 to 1946, and served in the Royal Indian Army Service Corps in transport units in Assam during the Second World War.
Transcript of an interview with Subedar Captain (Hony) K Prabhakaran Nair, Kundaliyur P.O. (Malabar), Kerala
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Interviewed by George K Alapatt on 26th September 1981. K Prabhakaran Nair was in the Indian Army from 1941 to 1968, and was in the 23rd Infantry Division, Signal Regiment. He served in Burma (was at the Battle of Kohima) and Singapore during the Second World War.
Report by George K Alapatt on the historical survey of Indian soldiers - officers and sepoys - who served in the Indian Army during some part of the period 1919-1939
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Dr Alapatt interviewed eight military veterans living in the State of Kerala in 1981: K Prabhakaran Nair, T V Sukumaran, A G Panikulam, K S Vasu, M A Chandrasekaran, Thadicaran Lona Antony, Plakattil Chathan Pengan and A O Kuriappan. His report contains his impressions of each man.