Australian war veteran Laurie Sams discusses his travel itinerary with
Major Darren Wright of the Australian Defence Force at Changi Chapel in
Singapore October 8, 2002. Sams is retracing the journey of the WWII
prisoners of war, including his father, who worked on the Thai-Burma
Death Railway after the fall of Singapore in 1942. From Singapore Sams
will spend 17 days, both on foot and by train, mirroring the original
journey. Sams, who is a veteran of the Vietnam war, lost a leg saving
the life of a parachuting student last year, an act for which he was
awarded the Star of Courage, Australia's highest honour for bravery
outside wartime action. Changi was home to many allied WWII POWs during
the Japanese occupation of Singapore and the chapel is a replica of a
chapel built by POWs during that time. REUTERS/Jonathan Searle

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