P04641.167 Accession Number: P04641.167

Description

US Army ambulances carry United Nations prisoners of war (POWs) away from the prisoner exchange at Panmunjom along 'Liberty Lane' on their way to Freedom Village at Munsan-ni. This POW exchange was either Operation Little Switch or Operation Big Switch. One of a series of photographs taken by the Australian Mr Douglas (Doug) Bushby in his capacity as a UN accredited war correspondent. Mr Bushby devoted much of his time to relief and missionary work amongst Korean refugees, orphans and North Korean and Chinese prisoners of war.

Details

Accession Number
P04641.167
Maker
Donald Douglas George Bushby
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Transparency
Physical Description
Format: 35mm
Date Made
1953
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor L Bushby
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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