Crossing the bridge to Burma.

Karen homeland. Kawthoolei.

Barracks

Bo Mya. Commander in Chief

With Nerdah. Bo Mya's son.

Checkpoint guard.

Bamboo span across the river border.

Zig zag trenches.

Land mine victim.

Motala. Land mine victim.

Morning after the operation.

Vets tend to Motala the morning after the operation.

Motala stands.

It was a big story covered by the media.

Sign at Manerplaw.

Moei River.

Nice hat.

Evacuation following airstrikes

Manerplaw residents evacuate to escape airstrikes.

Flag ceremony at Manerplaw just days before it fell to SLORC forces.

Exhausted after a long march.

Karen cattle go to Thailand.

Young Karen smoking a cheroot.

Emaciated and exhausted porters who escaped SLORC slave labor.

His eyes tell a harrowing tale. Snatched from his village and forced to carry heavy packs, given little or no food and water, and suffering constant beatings he managed to escape with his life. Many others were not so lucky.

Karen with bamboo pipe.

NLD's office at Manerplaw. Aung San Su Kyi's opposition party.

Soldier at Bothra village during the battle for Manerplaw. 1995.

Karen soldier prepares for war.

SLORC skull taken by Karen soldiers.

Karen refugee.

SLORC skull kept as trophies at Kowmoora. 400 skulls in total.

Identifying the skulls for return to families via the Red Cross..

Shrapnel from a 23mm canon round fired by a Mig-21. (Ouch! Shrapnel sizzles red hot when it hits)

Soldier at Kowmoora.

Karen soldier salutes his fallen comrades during a somber Martyr's Day ceremony. 50 years of fighting have left thousands of graves.

Soldiers take a break on a fallen log.

Maneuvers in the jungle. Note soldier on the right is carrying an M1 carbine, denoting his rank as an officer.

Boy soldiers.

Interview with Bo Mya for Japanese TV.

Refugee.

Dr. Kota packing a pistol. During the battle for Sleeping Dog Hill in 1992.

Bomb shelter in Manerplaw during air strikes.