Witness History: Archive 2013 - The End of the Korean War

On July 27 1953 the Korean War came to an end and thousands of prisoners were released. They could choose whether to return home, or to go with their captors to a new country. A handful of American prisoners of war decided to go to communist China. Hear what happend to one of those GIs.

(Photo: David Hawkins in 2011)

Published on Friday, 26th July 2013.

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