Re: G.I. "parolees?" status

[<DasHaas@aol.com>]

In a message dated 7/27/2001 8:04:48 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
gangster@oio.net writes:


> They were 
> not allowed to return to Korea, even if they volunteered to do so


 Then it sounds to me like the U.S. considered them legal "parolees" much 
like what I understand the term to have meant in Civil War days.  Or, 
perhaps, they just wanted to make sure that these guys were not put in with 
the fighting units for fear of what it might to do troop morale.

Col. Mike Haas, USAF, ret., author
In the Devil's Shadow: UN Special Operations during the Korean War
Apollo's Warriors: U.S. Air Force Special Operations during the Cold War
Member: Air Commando, Special Forces, UDT-SEAL, and Special Operations 
Associations