Freed POWs Recall Brutal Camp Brutality at Yalu
Former POW Pfe Joe E. Alien recounts brutal torture in Camp No. 3 on the Yalu. He describes dungeon holes, knee-branding, self criticism coercion, and a fellow prisoner killed in a forced confinement. Other escape attempts and bayonet incidents are noted as part of the harsh repatriation period.
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Freedom Village
Korea
Pfe
Joe E. Alien
Bee
Kilbourn
Wara
Emiltin
Ft Us
Sus
Allen
Floyd E. M. Culpepper
New Orleans
Oph William L. Ray
Baltimore
James E. Bourgeois
Bourgeois
POW Exchange Frees Southland Prisoners of War
The United Nations Command lists American POWs freed in day eight of the exchange. Names include Thomas W. Corer of Co K, Goldie A. Corey of Escondido, Kenneth Eaton, Carrie Ann Eaton, John D. Reedy, Byron E. Jordan, Jesse Intdar of Rosemead, Delmore G. Miller, Allan L. Miller, Jonnie W. Moore, and Fenn. many are from Southern California communities like San Diego and Rosemead with various divisions and coats.
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Munsan
United Nations Command
Fenn
Ninety Mile Death March Feared In Korean War Account
Arkansas soldier Pfc. James T. Thompson recalls a brutal death march during Korean War captivity. He says about 723 men started a 90 mile trek on October 1 1950, ending November 10 1950, with many shot per mile and no food or rest. He was 18 then and fought with the U S 24th Division. The story notes a classified sale reference.
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Tokyo Army Hospital
James T. Thompson
U. S. 24Th Division
Thompson
Truce Units Depart for Ports in Korean Armistice Plan
One hundred six members of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission depart for ten ports of entry to supervise troop and supply exchanges between Allies and Communists in Korea. Fifty-six travel to North Korea in red and buff Communist buses, while fifty board 23 Army helicopters for Inchon and Seoul. Neutral teams, with officers and service personnel from Sweden, Switzerland, Poland and Czechoslovakia, proceed to four additional ports.
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Panmunjom
Neutral Nations Armistice Supervisory Commission
North Korea
Inchon
Seoul
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Red China factories fail to reach goals in Manchuria
Reports in Peiping Peoples Daily say more than half of 118 heavy industry factories and mines in Manchuria met their monthly quotas for April and May while steel iron and coal production lagged behind targets amid the first half of the year.
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Hong Kong
Red
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