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Kwai River Bridge Memorial

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This memorial is located to the right of and at the foot of the River Kwai Railway Bridge in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Monument


A memorial dedicated to the 668 American service personnel that worked and died on the Burma-Siam Railway in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand in the period 1942-1945. The monument is a bronze plaque on a concrete base. This memorial was dedicated on September 14, 1997, by his excellency, Ambassador Itoh.

Monument Text:


IN MEMORY OF

 

THE APPROXIMATELY SEVEN HUNDRED SERVICEMEN OF

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHO AS PRISONERS

OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE DURING WORLD WAR II, WERE

MOVED TO THAILAND AND BURMA, INTERNED IN PRISON

CAMPS AND FORCED TO WORK ON THE CONSTRUCTION

OF THE THAILAND - BURMA RAILWAY PROJECT.

 

IN SPECIAL MEMORY OF THE THREE HUNDRED AND

FIFTY-SIX OF THESE WHO PERISHED FROM DISEASE,

MALNUTRITION, OVERWORK AND PHYSICAL ABUSE.

 

 

REMEMBERED BY THE MEMBERS OF DISTRICT V (THAILAND),

MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PACIFIC AREA AND THE

MEMBERSHIP OF ALL THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Commemorates:

Units:

131st Field Artillery

131st Field Artillery Battalion, 36th Infantry Division

U.S.S. Houston (CA-30)

United States Army

United States Marine Corps

United States Navy

US Army Air Corps

Wars:

WWII

Battles:

China India Burma Campaign (CBI)

Pacific Theater

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