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The Korean War
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Activity 2: Treatment of prisoners

The sources for this section show North Korean and Chinese images of captured US and UN servicemen and imply that they are being treated decently, however both sides suggested that their opponents mistreated captured prisoners.

 

BulletTask 1

Look at the image gallery sources.

Read the following extracts from from the North Korea/American 'Korean Survey' entitled 'A Prisoner of War speaks!'

Image of 'A Prisoner Speaks' link to document See image 1
See extract 1
Image from 'A Prisoner Speaks' link to document See image 2
See extract 2
Image from 'A Prisoner Speaks' link to document See image 3
See extract 3

BulletTask 2

This account has been released to suggest that the enemy mistreat prisoners.

Copy the text into a word processor or desktop publishing program and highlight the phrases which show emotive description of treatment.

 

 

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