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Old 14-06-2009, 01:01 PM   #1361 (permalink)
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The Yanks are back 1962

HM Queen Siikit visits with Col. William McKean and US Ambassador to Thailand, Kenneth T. Young, Jr near Korat during an excersize for the US Army's 27th infantry.
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2002 - dismantling the old Siam International Hotel for the mega luxury Siam Paragon

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The distant {centre} building is the Amari Rinome Hotel leading from Nimmanhaemin Road.
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Feb 1994 issue of Chiang Mai Newsletter

Best known now as the well-regarded "CityLife".
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If I didn't know better, I'd say that this was Barney Fife of Maybury.....

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Old 21-06-2009, 01:20 PM   #1369 (permalink)
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Copping away Sathorn Road 1979

The 300-odd that adorned Sathorn Rd. were removed to make way for the construction of the Sathorn Bridge. 150 were saved to be transplanted at this locale after construction completion. The decision to take the trees was highly debated and controversial within the community in March/April of 1979. During it's day, Sathorn Road was verdant with canopied greenery.
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Originally built in 1914 as the residence of Luang Jitlamnongwanich. In 1927 it became the Royal Hotel until 1948, where it was transformed into the property of the Soviet/Russian Embassy {1948-1999}. Abandoned until 2005, where the extensions of Sathorn Square gobbled it up.
I was always wondering what this place was when i took skytrain on silom line. It's still there! When the BTS turns by rajadamri to Surasak, you can see this place on your right hand side.
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That pic got me thinking !
Didn't realise they were involved

Google tells me that they got there to help the French as part of their Indo China effort .
Got there - trained and then the bloody war ended before they could actually do a lot !
All got a medal though.
Some died and there is a memorial to them in Bangkok !

90th Anniversary of World War I. This Is The History of Siamese Volunteer Crop. « Thai Military Information Blog

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