Burma-Thai Railway spike

Item

Title

Burma-Thai Railway spike

Description

This spike was recovered from the site of the Burma-Thai Railway many years after the war. Nearly 13,000 Allied POWs died building the "Death Railway."

Subject

Prisoners of war
Burma-Siam Railroad

Contributor

Otto Schwarz

Source

Special Collections, University of Houston

Rights

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Format

spikes (fasteners)

Type

Still Image
image/jpeg

Identifier

Cruiser Houston Collection

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