When nobody in the squadron budged, Ernest Gordon tells the story in his book Miracle on the River Kwai of the Scottish soldiers during World War II, forced by their Japanese captors to labor on a jungle railroad, had degenerated to barbarous behavior, but one afternoon something happened. "A shovel was missing. www.thewordheardroundtheworld.com/2016/03/a-missing-shovel.html In Ernest Gordon’s famous book Miracle on the River Kwai, he tells the story of captured soldiers who had been forced by their Japanese captors to labor on a jungle railroad. The Scottish soldiers, forced by their Japanese captors to labor on a jungle railroad, had degenerated to barbarous behavior, but one afternoon something happened. Something happened to Ernest Gordon in the prison camp. The officer in charge became enraged. The group was extremely fragmented, but one afternoon something happened. The officer in charge became enraged. The officer in charge became enraged. A shovel was missing. In Ernest Gordon's “ Miracle on the River Kwai ”, we find Scottish soldiers, forced by Japanese captors to labor on a jungle railroad. The Scottish soldiers, forced by their Japanese captors to labor on a jungle railroad, had degenerated to barbarous behavior, but one afternoon something happened. Ernest Gordon Illustration Ernest Gordon's tells a story in Miracle On The River Kwai about Scottish soldiers, forced by their Japanese captors to labour on a jungle railroad. Ernest Gordon’s Miracle on the River Kwai is his autobiography as a Japanese prisoner of war building a railroad in Burma during World War II. A shovel was missing. In the book Miracle on the River Kwai, Ernest Gordon tells of an event from World War II. Phillip Yancey recounts what happened in his book Rumours. "A shovel was missing. It became known as "Miracle on the River Kwai." Ernest Gordon's Tells a story in Miracle On The River Kwai about Scottish soldiers, forced by their Japanese captors to labor on a jungle railroad. Excerpts from Through the Valley of the Kwai by Ernest Gordon Victor Hafichuk 18 May,2016 p. 74-75 – As conditions steadily worsened, as starvation, exhaustion and disease took an ever-growing toll, the atmosphere in which we lived was increasingly poisoned by selfishness, hatred, and fear. One afternoon, a shovel was missing. A shovel was missing. The Japanese officer in charge became enraged, demanding that the missing shovel be produced, or else. Under the strain of captivity they had degenerated to barbarous behaviour, but one afternoon something happened. A shovel was missing. One event in particular shook the prisoners. In "The Christian Leader," Don Ratzlaff retells a story Vernon Grounds came across in Ernest Gordon's Miracle on the River Kwai. The officer in charge became enraged. 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