Remembrance Day in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery | Jack Kurtz: Photojournalist & Travel Photographer

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11 NOVEMBER 2018 - KANCHANABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: STEWART WILSON, a Scottish veteran of the British army, salutes after placing a wreath on a memorial for soldiers killed working on the "Death Railway" during the Rememberance Day ceremony at the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Kanchanaburi is the location of the infamous "Bridge On the River Kwai" and was known for the "Death Railway" built by Japan during World War II using allied, principally British, Australian and Dutch, prisoners of war as slave labor. There are 6,982 people buried in the cemetery, including 5,000 Commonwealth soldiers and 1,800 Dutch soldiers. November 11, 2018 marked the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, celebrated as Rememberance Day in the UK and the Commonwealth and Veterans' Day in the US. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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11 NOVEMBER 2018 - KANCHANABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: STEWART WILSON, a Scottish veteran of the British army, salutes after placing a wreath on a memorial for soldiers killed working on the "Death Railway" during the Rememberance Day ceremony at the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Kanchanaburi is the location of the infamous "Bridge On the River Kwai" and was known for the "Death Railway" built by Japan during World War II using allied, principally British, Australian and Dutch, prisoners of war as slave labor. There are 6,982 people buried in the cemetery, including 5,000 Commonwealth soldiers and 1,800 Dutch soldiers. November 11, 2018 marked the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, celebrated as Rememberance Day in the UK and the Commonwealth and Veterans' Day in the US. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ