02459cam a2200373 i 4500 167453515 TxAuBib 20140819120000.0 140710|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013032280 9781400069330 hardback 1400069335 hardback TxAuBib rda Croke, Vicki,. Elephant Company : the inspiring story of an unlikely hero and the animals who helped him save lives in World War II / Vicki Constantine Croke. Inspiring story of an unlikely hero and the animals who helped him save lives in World War II. New York : Random House, 2014, ©2014. xiv, 343 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "J.H. "Billy" Williams always had an affinity for animals. So, when he responded to job offer with the East India Company to work with logging elephants his family wasn't surprised, though worried that he had already come back from World War I in one piece, would he be so lucky with India? Not only did he find his calling with the elephants in India, Billy and his elephants became war heroes. At the onset of World War II, Williams formed Elephant Company and was instrumental in defeating the Japanese in Burma and saving refugees, including on his own "Hannibal Trek." Billy Williams became a media sensation during the war, telling reporters that the elephants did more for him than he was ever able to do for them, but his story has since been forgotten. Part biography, part war story, and part wildlife adventure, Croke delivers an utterly charming narrative and an important, little-known piece of the legacy of World War II"-- Provided by publisher. 20140819. Williams, J. H (James Howard), 1897- Bandoola (Elephant.) Elephant Company (Great Britain.) World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Burma. Animals in logging Burma History 20th century. Asiatic elephant Burma History 20th century. Working elephants Burma History 20th century. Animals War use History 20th century. BURMA History Japanese occupation, 1942-1945.