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Korean War Atrocities
HEARING before the Subcommittee on Korean War Atrocities
of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee
on Government Operations, United States Senate,
Eighty-Third Congress, 1st Session, Pursuant to
S. Res. 40
Parts 1, 2, and 3
Hearing held on December 2, 3, and
4, 1953
REPORT (S. Rep. No. 848)
January 11 (legislative day, January 7), 1954
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The Hon. Charles
E. Potter (chairman), the Senator from Michigan, presided over the
subcommittee hearing, the purpose of which was to bring to "the
attention of the world in general and to the American people in
particular" the type of enemy the U.S. was fighting in Korea,
"to expose their horrible acts committed against our troops,
and to foster appropriate legislation." Of those who gave testimony at the hearing, 23 were American
servicemen who were either survivors or eyewitnesses of the war
crimes; the remaining six were former Army field commanders or officials
of the War Crimes Division in Korea, including Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway
(Chief of Staff, U.S. Army), former Commander of United Nations
Forces in Korea. Although 26 photographs and other materials are
introduced as exhibits in the hearing, only seven are actually included
in the original printed documents and, therefore, have been included
in the electronic versions linked below. A note in the original
printed text states that the remaining exhibits, which are not included
in the documents, "may be found in the files of the subcommittee."
Each of the three parts of the hearing includes an extensive subject,
name, and geographic place name index. The subcommittee report,
S. Rep. No. 848, summarizes the evidence presented at the hearing
and includes eleven appendixes, with eight photographs, the list
of witnesses, and estimated numbers of victims in the death marches
and prisoner of war camps. The report concludes that the Communist
armies were guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed
against American personnel from 1950 to 1953. Library
of Congress Call Number KF26.G6
1953c (Hearing, Parts 1-3), DS920.8.U53 (Report); OCLC Number
11745343 (Hearing), 17275283 (Report).
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