Geoje POW camp

Geoje POW camp diorama

Geoje-do POW camp (Korean: 거제도 포로수용소/巨濟島 捕虜收容所, Chinese: 巨济岛战俘营) was a prisoner of war camp located on Geoje island at the southernmost part of Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea.[1] It is considered the largest of the UNC established camps.[2]

Geoje Camp was a United Nations Command (UN) POW camp that held North Korean and Chinese prisoners captured by UN forces during the Korean War.

  1. ^ "A Guide to the Geoje POW Camp Park". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011.
  2. ^ Park, Hea-Jin (2 July 2017). "North Korean POWs seeking last chance to return home after decades in exile". The Conversation. Retrieved 2 September 2020.