Thailand. 1945. The Korean Guard, `The Mad Mongrel', a member of the Japanese Imperial Army and a ...

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Accession Number P01433.032
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

Thailand. 1945. The Korean Guard, `The Mad Mongrel', a member of the Japanese Imperial Army and a guard much hated by Allied prisoners of war (POWs) working on the Burma-Thailand railway. He was sentenced to death and executed for brutal treatment of POWs. (Donor B. Theobald)