PYOKTONG, NORTH KOREA, 1952-53. PROPAGANDA PHOTOGRAPH OF POWS EATING APPLES IN THE OTHER RANKS ...

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Accession Number P00305.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Korea, 1950-1953
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PYOKTONG, NORTH KOREA, 1952-53. PROPAGANDA PHOTOGRAPH OF POWS EATING APPLES IN THE OTHER RANKS POW CAMP, PYOKTONG, IN THE WINTER OF 1952-53, WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED AS LOW AS -43 DEGREES F. LEFT TO RIGHT: CAPTAIN COPELAND (HALF OBSCURED) OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY; WARRANT OFFICER RONALD DAVID GUTHRIE OF NO. 77 SQUADRON RAAF; WOII BAKER (COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR) OF THE BRITISH GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT (STANDING); SERGEANT ALI OF THE TURKISH ARMY (FRONT). MEMBERS OF THE CHINESE ARMY IN THE BACKGROUND. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN BY A CHINESE INTERPRETER AND WAS STOLEN FROM HIS DESK BY WARRANT OFFICER GUTHRIE.