"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a million people - mostly Chinese it seemed - had fled before the advancing Japanese." from 'To the Kwai - and Back' by Ronald Searle Art.IWMART15746F3

"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a million people - mostly Chinese it seemed - had fled
before the advancing Japanese." from 'To the Kwai - and Back' by Ronald Searle
image recto: The face of a Chinese guerilla, wearing a head-cloth and a mandarin collar on his jacket. He stares at the
viewer, his mouth slightly open.
image verso: A pencil sketch of a young woman smiling and squatting on the ground. She wears a wide-brimmed straw hat with a ruched head

cloth set in the crown. Titled in blue ink 'Bampong, Thailand'.