Countersigned by prisoners of war Charles D. Mott and Kyle O. Thompson; and B-24 pilot and co-pilot Carl H. Fritsche and Duane R. Jordan

In reality, there was no bridge over the river Kwae Noi. There were two bridges, however at nearby Kanchanaburi, which prisoners of war were forced to build and rebuild at a cost of many lives, and Allied Air Forces were ordered to destroy by flying low through anti-aircraft fire while trying to hit a target which resembled the thin edge of a knife blade. - Craig Kodera