Got an email from someone I know asking about American POWs being taken to the Soviet Union during the Korea War. I reprint it below:
a book i’m reading right now posits that a substantial number of american pows were taken to the soviet union and never returned - that our government likely turned a blind eye because they didn’t want to acknowledge that the soviets were actual “combatants” in the war, which would made the cuban missile crisis look like a saturday in the park.
how likely do you think this is? personally, i’m skeptical, but the introduction to the book is written by (oddly enough) general westmoreland, which certainly adds some weight to their argument.
thoughts?
I understood it was a widely accepted fact that at least some American POWs were brought to the Soviet Union during the Korean War, with particularly keen interest shown in American pilots. I also understand that Soviet participation in the Korean War centered mostly on the air war:
In all, about 42,000 Soviet servicemen took part in the conflict with the contingent generally constant at about 25,000 — 1,500 pilots backed by maintenance staff.
The Ruskies were able to produce a couple of aces in Korea, apparently — this is a pretty fascinating site on Soviet Korean War aces, for those who are interested.
Anyway, if you know stuff about U.S. POWs going to the Soviet Union, please leave it in the comments section below.
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I’m sorry but it’s impossible not to comment on this guy.
- Communist Semen flew fast and strong in North Korea for over 2 years.
- Russian Semen killed 8 UN pilots during the Korean war.
- On April 12, 1953, Capt. Joseph McConnell shot Semen in his F-86. He later told his sister, “I barely got wet.”
Don’t forget that Semen was in a Fagot.
Marmot, this latest font is killing my eyes! What happened to the Mt Paekdu lake shot. That layout was truly a thing of beauty.
I know this doesn’t belong here, but please endulge me. I tried to email Marmot directly, but
it didn’t work.
I am looking for a new server to house the anti-USFK newsletter. I am looking for advice on
which servers are better for the money. Anybody got some preferences???
A friend has been letting me use some space on his site, but now that I’m set up in my new
non-virtually location and job, I need to make the newsletter my own completely. The video
section also takes up a good bit of bandwidth…..
Anybody — thanks for the help on picking a sever if you can give it…..
I’m sure the Korea Times, the Foreign Ministry, and OhMyNews would be honoured to host an English-language anti-USFK site.
Yeah the old background was nicer.
But I’m so happy to be able to read without scrolling left and right.
Plus I can leave comments without locking up the page in my browser.