Sponsor |  fredbear | Mar 4, 9:00am | pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case_kwai/ [pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case_kwai/]#
The film "The Bridge on the River Kwai" dramatized the WWII story of the Thailand-Burma Railway, yet it was largely fictional. Over 65,000 Allied P.O.W.s battled torture, starvation, and disease to hack the 255-mile railway out of harsh jungle for the Japanese. Finishing in only 14 months, many never returned from "The Railway of Death". An amazing story of human survival-it is a MUST WATCH. It airs on PBS occasionally, or buy the DVD. |
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