On the recordAugust 19, 1952
We must not use bayonets to force these prisoners to return to slavery and almost certain death at the hands of the communists.
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presidency.ucsb.eduHarry Truman: “We must not use bayonets to force these prisoners to return to slavery and almost certain death at the hands of the…”
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Letter to Capt. Charles G. Ewing on the Repatriation of Prisoners of War in Korea.
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