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Sick and wounded prisoners of war greeted by U.S. military generals and U.N. officials

Sick and wounded prisoners of war greeted by U.S. military generals and U.N. officials

Freed U.N. personnel

Freed U.N. personnel are greeted by Gen. Mark W. Clark, Far East commander, Lt. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, 8th Army commander, and other high-raking U.N. officers as the repatriates leave ambulances at Freedom Village, after the first day's prisoner of war exchange April 20, 1953.

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Freed U.N. personnel are greeted by Gen. Mark W. Clark, Far East commander, Lt. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, 8th Army commander, and other high-raking U.N. officers as the repatriates leave ambulances at Freedom Village, after the first day's prisoner of war exchange April 20, 1953.

Just released sick and wounded prisoners of war are greeted by several U.S. military generals and other U.N. officials. Two groups of 50 Allied POW each were released April 20, 1953 in exchange for 500 sick and wounded communist fighters. There were 14 Americans in the first group, 16 in the second.