I became involved in a project to construct a temporary bridge using drums. The bridge over the Himagaan had been damaged by our Air Corps and it was possible to use it on foot if you didn't mind getting your feet wet.

Many of the PW's were engineer troops and I had them design and construct a pontoon bridge using 55 gallon oil drums for pontoons. It worked very well until some idiot tried to cross it with a heavily loaded two and a half ton truck. The PW's got it working again.

John Lindgren