Re: DMZ-Korea

[<RonaldS842@aol.com>]

In a message dated 3/22/02 10:21:52 PM, Decaturvlp@aol.com writes:

<< You would have to assume that the Rhodes scholar 
would have noticed the rather dark view,  >>

Hi Tony-

   Welcome back bud, we missed you. Your remarks were legit IMHO, whilst 
Dan's were flames and pouts. Not at all group friendly.
   I was beginning to think that half this group is definately anti-American.
   If the USAF figures and UN figures are wildly inflated then can we suppose 
the USMC and Army figures are wildly inflated too, Ed? Maybe the Marines lost 
10 times the number they reported and were only 10% as effective as we have 
heard against that great Russian equipment. Maybe they killed few if any NKs 
except women and children. Hey, the figures are starting to come out.
   But here are some more figures on repatriation reported by the UN. In all 
the Communists turned over 13,444 UN prisoners including 8,321 SKs and 3,746 
Americans. However only 6,670 of the Chinese prisoners in UN hands were 
handed over, 14,247 refused repatriation, most choosing to live in Taiwan 
under the Nationalist Chinese government. A higher percentage of NKs opted to 
return home, 75,823 of the 88,501. However, to the 12,000 or so choosing to 
remain in the South one might add the estimated 25,000 released by the South 
Korean government prior to the truce agreement. 
   Compare this to the sensational postwar story in America centered on the 
conduct and choices of a distinct handful of Americans who were among the UN 
prisoners in Communist hands. In all there were 347 of the 13,880 total who 
refused repatriation  Of these "nonrepatriates" there were 325 Koreans, 21 
Americans, and one soldier from the United Kingdom.

Ron