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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Dear Koreanists,<div><br><div>I am interested in the POW Camp at Koje Island and Christian activities there during the Korea War. Once there were about 175,000 prisoners (150,000 North Koreans and 20,000 Chinese). <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Anti-Communist Christian POWs built some churches there and American missionaries and Korean Christian ministers worked among them. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">One book says that more than 3,000 inmates were killed or wounded during the famous riot by the Red prisoners of Compound 76 started on May 7, 1952.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div>I posted some pictures of the camp on my webpage: <a href="http://koreanchristianity.humnet.ucla.edu/sources/pictures-" style="font-size: 12pt;">http://koreanchristianity.humnet.ucla.edu/sources/pictures-</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>I appreciate and welcome any help for finding more primary sources, magazine articles, and books on this topic.</div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div>Sung-Deuk Oak</div><div>Associate Professor of Korean Christianity</div><div>UCLA</div></div> </div></body>
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