¢¹Brief history | ¢¹Establishment of Camp | ¢¹The incident of adduction and riot | ¢¹Withdrawl of Camp

 


The Incident of Abduction of Brigadier General Dodd and
Evacuation of the Residents


 

 During Brigadier General Dodd, the 12th Commanding General of the P.O.W. Camp, was investigating the 76th Camp in the morning of May 7, 1952, he was taken captive by P.O.W.s, and Brigadier General "Charles Colson" succeeded him as the 13th Commanding General, who endeavored utmost to release Brigadier General Dodd, and ordered 1, 116 households of the residents in Gohyon District to evacuate within 24 hours on May 9, so the residents were forced to throw out their beloved lands and houses as evacuatees and suffered hardship for three(3) years. Brigadier General Dodd was released on the fourth day of May 10 and the riot was brought to conclusion, but the succeeded Brigadier General Colson and the air-commodore Dodd degraded one class each two person as they were reponsible for the commander of the repatriate. On May 11, as the 14th Commanding General, Brigadier General "Boterner" was assigned and burned all houses of residents and public buildings and the P.O.W. Camp were divided into 500 P.O.W.s units and strict control was executed by installing double wire netting around the Camps.