HISTORIC PARK OF GEOJE POW CAMP

This camp is located on Geoje Island ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geojedo) in South Gyeongsang Province was founded in early 1951 by U.N. troops, and held around 170,000 prisoners in 28 facilities until an armistice was concluded in 1953. The camp was designated as Cultural Asset No.99 of South Gyeongsang Province in December 1983, with only some remnants of the facility still existing. Today a small section of the former Goeje Island POW camp has been reconstructed into a museum to remember this little known chapter of the Korean War. http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=264498

CHRONOLOGY OF THE KOREAN WAR

05.26.2009