Re: Why?

[Ed Evanhoe <ede@oio.net>]

Marty,

There were a number of such releases during the KW, generally for
propaganda reasons.  I have the documentation on the release
referred to here somewhere in my files but basically what happened
is the Chinese selected 54 Americans at random from among their
prisoners and told them they were going to take them south to the
lines and release them.  The 54 prisoners were split into three groups
but the only group which was actually released was the 18 referred to
in the post.  There is some question if this group was "released" or
"escaped."  The Marines claim their men "escaped"  but the 7th Division
tank/infantry task force that found them said they were waiting by the
road when the task force arrived.  Anyway, there is much more to this
story.

Ed

At 10:33 PM 5/24/00 -0400, you wrote:

>Anyone have any informtion on this? Marty
>
>--------------------------------------------
>Subj:    [kwvets] This Day in the Korean War
>Date:   5/24/00 7:45:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time
>From:   SwansonK@usfk.korea.army.mil (Swanson, Karl E)
>Reply-to:   kwvets@egroups.com
>To: SwansonK@usfk.korea.army.mil (Swanson, Karl E)
>
>CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED
>
>25 May 1951: Eighteen US Marines and one US Army infantryman, captured
>during the Changjin/Chosin Reservoir campaign, were returned to UN control.

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