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The GI Who Chose China

BBC World Service - Witness History, The GI Who Chose China

After the Korean war ended a few American prisoners chose to try life under communism.

After the Korean war ended a few American prisoners of war chose to try life under communism instead of going back home to the USA.

When the Korean War ended, a few American prisoners of war chose to go with their captors and try life under communism, instead of heading home to the USA. David Hawkins was one of them. He told his story to Chloe Hadjimatheou in 2012.

Photo: American, and South Korean POWs who refused repatriation. An African-American prisoner is singing a Chinese folk song  to entertain his companions at the Songgongni camp while they wait. 1954.(Credit: Sovfoto/UIG via Getty Images)

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