American POWs in Korea: Sixteen Personal Accounts

Over 7,000 Americans were captured during the three years of the Korean War. They wound up in 20 camps throughout North Korea with nearly 40 percent of them dying there. Some were murdered or starved, others died from poor medical treatment or from the severe cold. Despite brutal conditions, most of the POWs survived the isolation, cold, hunger and disease.

Here are 16 personal accounts of men who fought the North Koreans and the Chinese...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786405619
• ISBN13: 9780786405619
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 189 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher