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VETERANS REMEMBER

Korean War   "It must have been the commanding general of that division. He was interrogating me all that day. He would slug me and torture me and everything else all day long."

Kenneth Hanson
Kenneth Hanson is a Korean War veteran with the 14th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. Captured by the North Koreans in late 1951, and POW survivor. He discusses being beaten when initially captured, his interrogation, his time at Prison Camp # 2 near the Yalu River, and repatriation in July, 1952.

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