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to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead
to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead
#646 (no title)
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0.Introduction
1.0 the TBR Story
1.1 The Novel
1.2 the REAL bridge
10.0 Political Situation
10.1 Thailand’s position & Liberation story
10.2 The Dec 1941 Invasion
10.3 Thai Monarchies
10.4 Thai Democracy
10.5 the Oriental perspective / Futamatsu
10.6 SOE and OSS
10.7 Seri Thai
11.0 the TBR today
11.1 Kanchanaburi
11.2 Boonpong’s House
11.3 Paper Factory
11.4 CWGC ceremonies
11.5 Aerial Overview
11.6 Kwae Noi River
11.7 Wat Don Toom
11.8 Shimoda crash
11.9 TBR Post-war rehabilitation
12.0 a Modern Day tour
13.0 VICTORY MONUMENT
14.0 Museums and other sites
14.1 VFW D5 memorial tribute
14.2 CWGC Cemeteries
14.3 Thai-anusorn Shrine
14.4 TBR Museums
14.5 Chinese Soldier Memorial
14.6 a New VFW Memorial
15.0 Khun BoonPong
15.1 the V Men’s Club
15.2 Logistics & Aid
15.3 Danes in Siam
16.0 POW Galleries
16a. the POWs
16b. Life on the TBR
16c. Building the TBR
16d. Disease and Deprivation
16e. Liberation
16f. IJA photos
16g. Graves searches and markers
17.TBR Gallery
17a. TBR general
17b. Burma
17c. Nong Pladuk
17d. Kanchanaburi
17e. Chung Kai
17f. Hellfire
17g. Hintok
17h. other camps
17i. romusha
17j. Rolling stock
17k. River Kwai Bridge
17l. Artifacts
18.Pre-POW Gallery
18a. TXNG
18b. CA-30
18c. other Ships
18d. pre-war Java
19.0 Ban Pong Stories
19g. Recent Findings
19h. A romusha memorial?
2 BURMA
2 Java Civilians 3.6.2
2.0 VFW mandate
20.0 The Romusha
20.1 the term
20.2 the people
20.3 BanPong Incident
20.4 the excavations
20.5 Wat Yuan
20.6 Gallery
20.7 Prof Boggett
20.8 a memorial?
20.9 Personal Stories
21.0 Other IJA stories
21.1 Matsukichi Fujita
21.2 Mikio Kinoshita
21.3 3 more soldiers
22.0 ANECDOTES
23.0 CBI theater
24.0 Witness Trees
25.0 a WHATIF x3
26th FA
27.0 HMAS PERTH
28.0 POW rosters
28.1 Tharp Grp
28.2 Fitzsimmons Grp
28.3 E Battery
28.4 Zeigler Grp
28.5 Hintok
28.6 Mer Mar
28.7 other POWs
28.8 KIA & non-POWs
28.9 other Military
29.0 Books on & by POWs
29.1 Historiography
3.0 WHO were they
3.1 TXNG
3.10 Non -Army POWs
3.11 Not all white nor male
3.2 The USS HOUSTON
3.3 MERCHANT MARINERS
3.4 LTC Blucher Tharp
3.5 MAJ Rogers
3.6 other US
3.7 other POWs (non-US)
3.8 Unique stories
3.9 Bands of brothers
30. Acknowledgements
4.0 POW names and numbers
4.1 the Lost Bn Association
5.0 TBR Timeline
6.0 their Journey
6.1 How it began
6.2 Java Battle
6.3 Prelude
6.4 Brutality
6.5 Camp life
6.6 LIBERATION
6.7 Repatriation
6c. Brutality
7.1 US POW DEATHS
7.2 US POW DEATH Details
7.3 Ex-POW deaths
7.4 A ripe old age
7.5 Final resting places
7.POW deaths
8.0 Structure of the TBR
8.1 The route chosen
8.10 Highlands camps
8.11 The Burma side
8.12 Konkoita mtg point
8.13 Ubon Airfield
8.14 Kuching Borneo
8.15 the Engineers
8.16 Kra Isthmus
8.17 The Thai Role
8.18 an Operational railway
8.19 RAF destroys RKB
8.2 the PLAN
8.20 TBR camp list
8.3 Nong Pladuk Rail Yard
8.4 Kanchanaburi Railway HQ and POW camps
8.5 Khao Poon cuttings
8.6 Wang Po Trestle
8.7 Hellfire Pass
8.8 Hintok area
8.9 Hintok revealed
8.Side stories
9.0 Side stories
9.1 Weaponry
9.2 Avoiding Tragedy
9.3 B-17 gunners
9.4 Transportation
9.5 26th FA
9.6 N. Tx Oral History
9.7 abandon ship SOP
Baggett & Jensen 3.6.7
Capt Pomeroy 3.6.9
Carpenter ‘King Rat’ 3.6.3
COL Sledge AAF 3.6.4
Evans RKB bombs
Ferrey AAF Mukden 3.6.5
MG Julian Barnes 3.6.8
MM at Hintok
Morgan / McKenzie 3.7.1
Rooks/Rentz 3.6.1
Sgt Charles Wilson 3.7.5
US Medical Staff 3.6.10
VN AAF grp 3.6.6
3.6 other US
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3.6 other US
0.Introduction
1.0 the TBR Story
1.1 The Novel
1.2 the REAL bridge
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2.0 VFW mandate
3.0 WHO were they
3.1 TXNG
3.2 The USS HOUSTON
3.3 MERCHANT MARINERS
3.4 LTC Blucher Tharp
3.5 MAJ Rogers
3.6 other US
3.7 other POWs (non-US)
3.8 Unique stories
3.9 Bands of brothers
3.10 Non -Army POWs
3.11 Not all white nor male
Back
4.0 POW names and numbers
4.1 the Lost Bn Association
Back
5.0 TBR Timeline
6.The Journey
6.1 How it began
6.2 Java Battle
6.3 Prelude
6.4 Brutality
6.5 Camp life
6.6 LIBERATION
6.7 Repatriation
Back
7.POW deaths
7.1 US POW DEATHS
7.2 US POW DEATH Details
7.3 Ex-POW deaths
7.4 A ripe old age
7.5 Final resting places
Back
8.0 Structure of the TBR
8.1 The route chosen
8.2 the PLAN
8.3 Nong Pladuk Rail Yard
8.4 Kanchanaburi Railway HQ and POW camps
8.5 Khao Poon cuttings
8.6 Wang Po Trestle
8.7 Hellfire Pass
8.8 Hintok area
8.9 Hintok revealed
8.10 Highlands camps
8.11 The Burma side
8.12 Konkoita mtg point
8.13 Ubon Airfield
8.14 Kuching Borneo
8.15 the Engineers
8.16 Kra Isthmus
8.17 The Thai Role
8.18 an Operational railway
8.19 RAF destroys RKB
8.20 TBR camp list
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9.Side stories (1-7)
9.1 Weaponry
9.2 Avoiding Tragedy
9.3 B-17 gunners
9.4 Transportation
9.5 26th FA
9.6 N. Tx Oral History
9.7 abandon ship SOP
Back
10.0 Political Situation
10.1 Thailand’s position & Liberation story
10.2 The Dec 1941 Invasion
10.3 Thai Monarchies
10.4 Thai Democracy
10.5 the Oriental perspective / Futamatsu
10.6 SOE and OSS
10.7 Seri Thai
Back
11.0 the TBR today
11.1 Kanchanaburi
11.2 Boonpong’s House
11.3 Paper Factory
11.4 CWGC ceremonies
11.5 Aerial Overview
11.6 Kwae Noi River
11.7 Wat Don Toom
11.8 Shimoda crash
11.9 TBR Post-war rehabilitation
Back
12.0 a Modern Day tour
13.0 VICTORY MONUMENT
14.0 Museums and other sites
14.1 VFW D5 memorial tribute
14.2 CWGC Cemeteries
14.3 Thai-anusorn Shrine
14.4 TBR Museums
14.5 Chinese Soldier Memorial
14.6 a New VFW Memorial
Back
15.0 Khun BoonPong
15.1 the V Men’s Club
15.2 Logistics & Aid
15.3 Danes in Siam
Back
16.0 POW Galleries
16a. the POWs
16b. Life on the TBR
16c. Building the TBR
16d. Disease and Deprivation
16e. Liberation
16f. IJA photos
16g. Graves searches and markers
Back
17.TBR Gallery
17a. TBR general
17b. Burma
17c. Nong Pladuk
17d. Kanchanaburi
17e. Chung Kai
17f. Hellfire
17g. Hintok
17h. other camps
17i romusha
17j. Rolling stock
17k. River Kwai Bridge
17l. Artifacts
Back
18.Pre-POW Gallery
18a. TXNG
18b. CA-30
18c. other Ships
18d. pre-war Java
Back
19.0 Ban Pong Stories
20.0 The Romusha
20.1 the term
20.2 the people
20.3 BanPong Incident
20.4 the excavations
20.5 Wat Yuan
20.6 Gallery
20.7 Prof Boggett
20.8 a memorial?
20.9 Personal Stories
Back
21.0 Other IJA stories
21.1 Matsukichi Fujita
21.2 Mikio Kinoshita
21.3 3 more soldiers
Back
22.0 ANECDOTES
23.0 CBI theater
24.0 Witness Trees
25.0 a WHATIF x3
27.0 HMAS PERTH
28.0 POW rosters
28.1 Tharp Grp
28.2 Fitzsimmons Grp
28.3 E Battery
28.4 Zeigler Grp
28.5 Hintok
28.6 Mer Mar
28.7 other POWs
28.8 KIA & non-POWs
28.9 other Military
Back
29.0 Books on & by POWs
29.1 Historiography
Back
30. Acknowledgements
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