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