 | Subject: P.O.W. Camp 5Posted by Pete Monday, September 03, 2007 at 05:40:41 Message: I am working on a book about Pyoktong P.O.W.camp 5. I have accounts from 3 seperate ex-P.O.W. s but am looking for any others that would like to participate in documenting their experence there. Photos of these individuals will be published in the book, so if you have one of yourself during your service there please let me know.(Korea Will Not Be A Forgotten War) | |
 | RE: P.O.W. Camp 5 Posted by Denis Gerald Rickey Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 20:14:43 Message: Trying to find info on my uncle - Gerald Vincent Yarrish (New Milford, CT), 2nd Eng Combat Div/2 Inf Div/ HQ & Svc Co/Eng C Bn. RA11194666. Captured 30 Nov 1950 at Kunu-ri, reported died in camp 31 March 1951. I am trying to find out which camp he was in - I think possibly Camp 5. Does anyone have any info? | |
| RE: P.O.W. Camp 5 Posted by Pete Wednesday, November 07, 2007 at 09:08:04 Message: Hello Frank, I would be happy to assist you any way I can. Please email me at the address below and tell me how you would like me to contact you. Good luck on your research. turtle05@adelphia.net Pete | |
| RE: P.O.W. Camp 5 Posted by Frank Plichta Sunday, October 28, 2007 at 21:00:10 Message: I am in the process of interviewing and documenting the experiences of an American Sgt who was a POW at Camp 5 from January 4, 1951 until Aug 14,1953. I am interested in any details about daily life in the camp. Please email soon since this is all planned for Sunday, November 11, 2007 on Veterans Day. Frank | |
| RE: P.O.W. Camp 5 Posted by Pete Vanderwarker Sunday, October 21, 2007 at 17:44:44 Message: Dear Theresa, I am deeply sorry to hear about your father. The atrocities that occurred at several of the P.O.W. camps is well documented. The Chinese did not acknowledge or honor the Geneva Convention. Their treatment to our soldiers goes well beyond inhuman. As testimonies from surviving P.O.W. s show, there was no medical treatment, many dying of their wounds, malnutrition, deceases stemming from unsanitary conditions, lice were abundant in many, if not all cases. Overcrowding was an understatement. “Brainwashing” was the order of the day, lectures from the Chinese promoting Communism and denouncing America were common. Some prisoners were beaten and thrown into holes for punishment. The list goes on but I will not go into any further detail. Please don’t take my word on this, it is documented under Korean War Atrocities and it is accessible to all on the internet. I did find your father listed in camp 5. He was with my uncle for a time. Robert D. Smith was in K Company, 35 Infantry, 25 Division. God Bless your uncle and all those young men that served our country so bravely. My personal thanks to him and your family for having suffered so. If I can be of any help to you please email me at turtle05@adelphia.net Sincerest regards, Pete Vanderwarker | |
| RE: P.O.W. Camp 5 Posted by Theresa King Friday, October 19, 2007 at 21:22:38 Message: My dad was a POW at camp #5 for 33 months. Captured Nov 28th, 1950. He was in the Army. After his release, he became a helicopter pilot and was killed in a crash in 1960. I was ony 6 years old. I have his POW letters that he wrote to his mom but I have no other information and am now looking to find anyone there that might have known him, also would like to know about the camp. I would greatly appreciate any info that you could give me that you might find out. My dad's name was Robert Dean Smith. My dad lied when he joined the service- he was only 16. The Chinese didn't kill him because he was so little. They put cigarettes in his mouth and took pictures. My family has told me that he never told anyone what happened to him there- only said "It was bad". I recently got my dad's VA file because my mom died. His physical the day he got back from Korea said he weighed 127 pounds and had numerous scars all over his lower body from malnutrition. If there is anything else I can answer, let me know. Theresa | |