Road to Freedom Pt. 1 of 3
On the release of Taiwanese POWs from Korean prison camps.
23Jan1954 - Ceremony in Taipei, Taiwan in honor of 14,000 returning POWS. Bell rung. Chairman Wo Chung Gang? makes speech. Chiang Jiang or Chen Cheng? Premier of Chinese Government in exile. Large crowds. Korean Ambassador to China, Kim Hung-Il. Taiwanese released from Korean prison camps.
04:30:04 Korea - Release of Taiwanese prisoners. Map of Korea w/ 38th parallel. Flags of United Nations & USA. US planes fly over as Chinese officers from Taiwan welcome released Taiwanese POWS at airfield. Taiwanese general inspects processing area. Crates unloaded. American Gen. V.S. Laughton (sp?). Processing officers & Chinese Nationalist military delegation arrive from Taiwan.
04:32:16 Commanding General of UN Forces John Hull visits processing area tent city. Nationalist Chinese flags put on poles, “Welcome Gate to Freedom” & banners w/ portrait of Chiang Kai-Shek along road. Korea & Gen. Lawton (?) & Gen. Lai. Welcome party along road incl. Nationalist Government in Taiwan officials. Military band plays 14,000 released POWs march, American soldiers hold up Taiwan flag. POWs thru Gate of Freedom, into tents & into trucks bound for Inchon Harbor. Nat. China Ambassador to Korea Wong Dong Wan (?). Aerials of truck convoy; crossing bridge, stop for rest; men served water by Americans.
04:36:47 Inchon - Trucks w/ POWs into Inchon. UN military band; men walk thru crowd w/ flags. Traditional Chinese opera performers on stilts. Men board ships as crowds wave.
US Government anti-Communist propaganda; Korean War - China - Guomindang KMT; Cold War;
NOTE: This may be Chinese soldiers who decided to go to Taiwan rather than return to China.
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Road to Freedom Pt. 1 of 3 On the release of Taiwanese POWs from Korean prison camps. 23Jan1954 - Ceremony in Taipei, Taiwan in honor of 14,000 returning POWS. Bell rung. Chairman Wo Chung Gang? makes speech. Chiang Jiang or Chen Cheng? Premier of Chinese Government in exile. Large crowds. Korean Ambassador to China, Kim Hung-Il. Taiwanese released from Korean prison camps. 04:30:04 Korea - Release of Taiwanese prisoners. Map of Korea w/ 38th parallel. Flags of United Nations & USA. US planes fly over as Chinese officers from Taiwan welcome released Taiwanese POWS at airfield. Taiwanese general inspects processing area. Crates unloaded. American Gen. V.S. Laughton (sp?). Processing officers & Chinese Nationalist military delegation arrive from Taiwan. 04:32:16 Commanding General of UN Forces John Hull visits processing area tent city. Nationalist Chinese flags put on poles, “Welcome Gate to Freedom” & banners w/ portrait of Chiang Kai-Shek along road. Korea & Gen. Lawton (?) & Gen. Lai. Welcome party along road incl. Nationalist Government in Taiwan officials. Military band plays 14,000 released POWs march, American soldiers hold up Taiwan flag. POWs thru Gate of Freedom, into tents & into trucks bound for Inchon Harbor. Nat. China Ambassador to Korea Wong Dong Wan (?). Aerials of truck convoy; crossing bridge, stop for rest; men served water by Americans. 04:36:47 Inchon - Trucks w/ POWs into Inchon. UN military band; men walk thru crowd w/ flags. Traditional Chinese opera performers on stilts. Men board ships as crowds wave. US Government anti-Communist propaganda; Korean War - China - Guomindang KMT; Cold War; NOTE: This may be Chinese soldiers who decided to go to Taiwan rather than return to China.