p.o.w. these cruelties are happening. they treated them so well. well, there are death marches. the worst treatment was by the north koreans. the chinese, comparatively speaking, are nicer. but put quotes around nicer, because it is still pretty bad. the temperature was horrible. there is a murder of a sick p.o.w. that another p.o.w. throws out in the snow because of the nastiness of the sickness and he was court-martialed. every country has that problem of some individuals. no torture devices? this is a replica, so it is not the best piece of evidence, but i do know that air force base, they use actual korean torture devices used on americans in survival training. what the heck is going on with that? and they did escape, especially in north korea. it gets a little different when you are in china. when you are in north korea, you have some chance of getting to the american line. in china, it was virtually impossible. they still tried. there were efforts made. if you are near starvation, it is harder to escape. it really, truly is. we are short on time, so i have to do this pretty quick now. my thesis -- and i think this arti

until recently there has been very little literature by korean p.o.w.'s. they don't want to talk to anyone. because they think that you are always looking for reasons to say they betrayed their country. s behaved no worse nor no better than any p.o.w. in any war. no worse, no better. what i mean by that, in every war there are of been americans held by the enemy that have not returned home. ok? and every war there are americans who choose for whatever reason not to return home. according to international agreements and such in our modern history, the geneva convention -- when the war is over, you immediately turn over hold as soon you as possible. the treaty may not even be fully signed. you can start that process. no one asks you whether you want to go back to your country. there will be people who don't go back. i'm sure their parents know, i'm sure the government knows. it is just happens and not talked about and it is not public, unless someone has a reason to make it public. all right. many did die. korean p.o.w. of 's died. depression could be part of