Freely downloadable at the Internet Archive, where I first uploaded it. NPC-68 OPERATION BIG SWITCH 08-17-1953 "Freedom Village, Korea No. 68 Pos.: 2-8329 FG Mast.:2-13220 CU 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." National Archives Identifier: 75324

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