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“Bridge Over the River Kwai”
Photographer: Sketch by Leo Rawlings (PD) in the collection of the Imperial War Museum, London
Taken: 1943
Caption: “Bridge Over the River Kwai”
Additional Description: Leo Rawlings, a POW who was involved in the line's construction, made this sketch in 1943. It depicts four POWs, waist-deep in the water, carrying a large log during the first bridge’s construction.
Submitted: June 29, 2023, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
Database Locator Identification Number: p733663
File Size: 0.110 Megabytes

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