American POWs released during Operation Big Switch
American POWs released during Operation Big Switch being interviewed by the press. They display their camp mascot Oscar a pet magpie at Freedom Village, where UN repatriated POWs were processed for return to their homes. Communists call use Peace Village as their name for the prisoner exchange center. Sept. 1953. Korean War, 1950-53. (BSLOC_2014_11_176)
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11002399
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45258994
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3000px x 2392px
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Credit
Everett Collection / Mary Evans
Source
Everett Collection
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