Prisoners of war

After the Armistice was signed many French prisoners of war were turned loose near Verdun to shift for themselves. There were quite a few around our billets and we tried to feed as many as we could. Some of them were pretty well discouraged with their homes gone, families scattered and not knowing what the future held for them. From an album of Lorain H. Cunningham, who served in the 129th Field Artillery during World War I and was a friend of Harry S. Truman.

Unidentified prisoners of war at the Army 121st Evacuation Hospital, near Neubau, Austria. The hospital is in an abandoned German airport, and the prisoners were brought there after their removal from concentration camps.

Hundreds of North Korean prisoners of war are marched to enclosures at Inchon.

Snapshot taken in Korea of an unidentified soldier holding a rifle on a North Korean prisoner sitting on top of a truck. From: Brenda Thompson.

A group of North Koreans captured by 1st Marine Regiment along the Inchon-Seoul Road. Most of the prisoners had been in the army less than 30 days. Near Souza, Korea.

A North Korean prisoner captured September 6, 1950, by a patrol from the 9th Infantry. The 16 year old unarmed prisoner had been in the army for twenty days and had not eaten for three days.

Snapshot taken in Korea of a group of North Korean prisoners sitting by a fence in a prisoner-of-war camp. From: Brenda Thompson.

Snapshot taken in Korea of a group of North Korean prisoners standing outside a place of incarceration. From: Brenda Thompson.

Snapshot taken in Korea of North Korean soldiers marching with hands over their heads, prisoners of war. From: Brenda Thompson.

French prisoners of war returning from Germany on Verdun - Etain road, Nov. 2, 1918. From: Truman house, album of 35th Division clippings and snapshots.