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 A diagram of the railway  
   

A diagram of the railway

Hellfire pass was the longest but by no means the only section of rock cut through by the POWs and local conscripted work force
Let Us Not Forget....."Death Railway and Hellfire Pass"

April 11th 2006
If I could dedicate this to anyone, if there ever was such a thing with a blog (although the man in question deserves much, much more than a mere blog dedication...as do they all) I would like to dedicate it to the memory of Sandy Samuelson, a great and lovely man whom I never had the priviledge of meeting. He was my father's godfather and ex-Japanese POW. He worked on the Konyu cutting and the br ... read more
Asia » Thailand » Western Thailand » Kanchanaburi

Thai Flag A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more
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