Prisoner of war camps

Operation Big Switch and Korean Prison Interrogations

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The CD is labeled "Korean War Interrogations 1952-1953." Most of this recording is in Korean making the context of it difficult to understand. Track one is in Korean. Track two is in Korean. Track three is partially in English, explaining that the recording was made in the Yondong Tho (?) Prison just after the Korean War, during Operation Big Switch. The prison was separated into two sides, with about 2000 prisoners on each side. The recording that follows are noises and singing from the prison.

United States Prisoners of War in Japan

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This is a group of United States prisoners of war with a handmade American flag. They were prisoners of the Tokyo Prisoner of War Camp Number 8, and posed with a flag made by hand by Luther Bass. The flag was made of parachutes which dropped food and clothes to the men. All are unidentified.

American Soldier Guarding German Prisoners

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A United States soldier guarding German prisoners in an enclosure located near Remagen, Germany. The German prisoners were captured while fighting in Germany's Ruhr pocket.

Group of Japanese soldiers, Possibly a prisoner of War Camp

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Group of Japanese soldiers. Possibly a prisoner of war camp from the time of World War II.

General of the Army Douglas MacArthur and staff officers

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General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Commander in Chief of United Nations Forces in Korea, accompanied by staff officers, visit a Prisoner of War camp at Inchon, Korea.

Stalag IV

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Stalag IV, Reichenbach, Germany, a prisoner of war camp that held 42 Americans from January 11, 1945 to April 17, 1945. The prisoners worked for a Nazi Architect, Paul Phabe, making cement cinder blocks for homes for refugees.

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