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Geoje POW Camp

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Geoje POW Camp
Geoje POW Camp. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Geoje-do POW camp (Korean: 거제도 포로수용소/) was a prisoner of war camp located on Geoje island at the southernmost part of Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea. It is considered the largest of the UNC established camps.

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.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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