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Escape tale of Pappy Noel and Capt Dean in Korea
AP photographer Frank Noel recounts a 1951 escape attempt from a North Korean prison camp with Captain Zachary Dean. They planned to steal a MiG 15, swim the Yalu, and flee to South Korea. After a night in a corn patch and a cow shed betrayal, they were captured by locals turned informants and spent months in harsh confinement.
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Frank
Pappy) Noel
Tokyo
Leavenworth
North Korea
Zachary Dean
Kansas
Dean
South Korea
Antung
Manchuria
Yalu
MI6
Yellow Eye Club
Gestapo
Barber
Toose
Tao
Noels
Frank Noel
Associated Press
Evelyn
Tachikawa Air Force Base