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THE STUDENT ARMY OF BURMA -
PART 2

Photos and Text by Richelle Forsey



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Aung Than Lay was a hilarious prankster but an obedient soldier. He was one of the commander’s right-hand men. He was 23. I put up the sign but I’m pretty sure it was his idea that it should go on his barrack.


It’s morning and the soldiers are preparing to head out. The wire thing is rigged to an explosive. Their patrol groups are small and they can’t guard everywhere so they lay these around villages when they stop to rest and treat the ill.


Tuay Aun couldn’t wait to go to the front lines. His oldest brother and father were dead, and his mother lived in a Thai refugee camp, where most of the kids ended up fucking and making babies. Bad scene.


The guy on the far right is named Pouson. He could stand while holding a beer bottle in one foot. He was strong and a martial-arts master.


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