Captured by American forces in the Taegu area of South Korea on October 8, 1950, these North Korean women are marched to a train which will take them to a prisoner of war camp at Pusan. Photo by Gene Herrick, AP. South Korea, 1950. [1600×1223]
I bet there is an interesting story behind this photo. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find anything more about this picture than what I already have written in the description. These women don’t look like soldiers, obviously. So, why capure them in the first place? Are they spies, communist agitators or supporters?
On the other hand, at that time defeated communist forces were being pushed further and further north from South Korea, so maybe they are enemy soldiers anyway, left behind enemy lines, in civilian clothes, trying to go back north or to hide and survive among civilians and refugees?
U-Boot
I bet there is an interesting story behind this photo. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find anything more about this picture than what I already have written in the description. These women don’t look like soldiers, obviously. So, why capure them in the first place? Are they spies, communist agitators or supporters?
On the other hand, at that time defeated communist forces were being pushed further and further north from South Korea, so maybe they are enemy soldiers anyway, left behind enemy lines, in civilian clothes, trying to go back north or to hide and survive among civilians and refugees?
So many questions.