US Military Prisoners - A Chronicle of the Frontline in the Korean War: A Chronicle of the Frontline in the Korean War

Author: Cheng Shaokun
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: The officers and soldiers of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army demonstrated exemplary actions by strictly adhering to the humane policy of treating prisoners of war with leniency. On this special front, they sang a song of peace. The authors, Cheng Shaokun and Huang Jiuyang, both served as staff officers in the Prisoner of War Management Department of the Political Department of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army during the Korean War. They directly participated in the reception, management, and repatriation of prisoners of war and personally experienced and witnessed many touching stories of the Chinese Volunteer Army's earnest implementation of the lenient policy toward prisoners of war. Based on their recollections, they wrote this book to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army in the Korean War and the armistice in Korea.