A border patrol agent apprehends a woman after she was caught illegally crossing into the US from Mexico near McAllen. Photograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters
I would like to see photos taken of the Korean War, Prisoner of War exchange, in September 1953, “Operation Big Switch”. I know there were thousands of photos taken, (I was there), but for some reason they have disappeared. Even the National Archives in College Park, MD, which has a few, cannot explain where all the others went. The late Al Chang, a US Army photographer, told me he himself took several hundred photos of returning US POW’s, plus hundreds of photos taken by the dozens of other photographers, military and civilian, who were there also. Is the US government holding something back from us? With all the scandals coming to light lately, I wouldn’t be a bit surprised to learn they confiscated these photos also, for some obscure reason that only they know.
I would like to see photos taken of the Korean War, Prisoner of War exchange, in September 1953, “Operation Big Switch”. I know there were thousands of photos taken, (I was there), but for some reason they have disappeared. Even the National Archives in College Park, MD, which has a few, cannot explain where all the others went. The late Al Chang, a US Army photographer, told me he himself took several hundred photos of returning US POW’s, plus hundreds of photos taken by the dozens of other photographers, military and civilian, who were there also. Is the US government holding something back from us? With all the scandals coming to light lately, I wouldn’t be a bit surprised to learn they confiscated these photos also, for some obscure reason that only they know.