Francis Dodd (general)

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rWotD Episode 2725: Francis Dodd (general)
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The random article for Saturday, 19 October 2024 is Francis Dodd (general).
Francis Townsend Dodd (October 5, 1899 – March 5, 1973) was a U. S. Army brigadier general held hostage by North Korean POWs during a camp uprising when he was commander of the United Nations-administered prisoner-of-war camps on Koje Island during the Korean War. The incident led to a North Korean propaganda victory after the Army was forced to make embarrassing admissions to secure Dodd's release. Dodd and others involved in the incident subsequently suffered career-ending damage to their reputations.
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