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Jack Jennings, P.OW. Who Helped Build Burma Railway, Dies at 104

He was captured by the Japanese in Singapore and was one of thousands of prisoners whose hardships were the basis for the film “The Bridge on the River Kwai.”

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Books and Literature, Deaths (Obituaries), Jennings, Jack (1919-2024), Movies, Myanmar, Prisoners of War, Singapore
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