OPERATION, "BIG SWITCH." Part 1

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Freedom Village, KoreaNo. 68 Pos.: 2-8329 FG Mast.:2-13220CU EDWARD R. COLLINS (A/2C, 6147 Tact. Control Grp.) a returned American POW, being interviewed by newsman (undt.).CU SGT. ARDEN A. ROWLEY, <*>another POW, being interviewed by LOU CHIOFFI of CBS.MCU BILL HARTIGAN of Tru-Pics, CBS, interviews CPL. JOHN L. TYLER, <*> and CPL. JOHN R. BLEVINS, USA.<*>ROWLEY tells of his transfers to five different camps.<*>TYLER tells of punishments during interrogations.States represented (No.68): COLLINS (Michigan);ROWLEY (Arizona); TYLER (West Virginia);BLEVINS (Ohio).HA MCU SGT. CLYDE R. FARMER, <*> USA, who was a POW of Communists, is interviewed.MCU CPL. MELVIN R. HEATH, <*> is interviewed by NBC newsman, JOHN RICH.CU 2d LT. HENRY C. CLIFFORD, <*> USMC ("A" Co. lst BN., 7th Regt.); LT. COL. HARRY HADD (CO of same Bn. and Regt.); and CAPT. DONALD D. KINNEY (CO of his Company) interviewed by LOU CHIOFFI of CBS.<*>FARMER tells of refusal of Chinese to let UN POW's see the Red Cross representatives who had come for conference.<*>HEATH (captured Dec. 1, 1950 in Chosin Reservoir) tells of the money he made in prison by gambling and selling some critical items; also of extreme cruelty to a friend who was tied to a tree till he died.<*>CLIFFORD (captured July 16, 1953, after less than three months in Korea) reports fair medical care after getting back of the lines.States represented: FARMER (Missouri); HEATH (Indiana); CLIFFORD (New York); HADD (Minnesota); and KINNEY (Pennsylvania).Navy and NBC had only coverage HEATH interview; Navy and CBS had only coverage on the last of these six interview shots.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities