Turncoats: The American POWs Who Joined Their Captors [Radical Military History]

Eyes Left Podcast

Sep 25, 2023•1 hr 10 min

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Dozens of American soldiers captured during intense fighting in the Korean War came to understand the true reason for the US invasion, and sympathized with their so-called enemies. 24 chose to stay with their captors rather than participate in the prisoner swap–six who are immortalized in a photograph with a banner reading "We Stay For Peace." Their story on this first full episode of Radical Military History.

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