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- ↑ Operations Big and Little Switch. State of New Jersey, U.S.
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July 10, 1950...More than 60 members of the Republic of Korea National Assembly join the N Korean cause.
, for bibliography, see . - ↑ Jenkins, Charles Robert (2008). The Reluctant Communist: My Desertion, Court-Martial, and Forty-Year Imprisonment in North Korea . University of California Press. pp. 115-116. ISBN 978-0-520-25333-9.
- 1 2 3 Choe, Sang-hun (April 25, 2014). "North Korea Says It Detained U.S. Tourist Seeking Shelter There". The New York Times . Retrieved February 6, 2018.
In 1962, Pfc. James Dresnok, who was stationed in South Korea, walked across the demilitarized zone in broad daylight. A court-martial for forging a pass had been looming at the time he defected. Once in the North, he joined Pvt. Larry Allen Abshier, who defected three months earlier. In December 1963, Specialist Jerry Wayne Parrish also defected...
- 1 2 3 4 5 Kaiman, Jonathan (August 13, 2017). "Meet Charles Robert Jenkins, an American detained by North Korea for 40 years". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ↑ Ramzy, Austin (December 12, 2017). "Charles Jenkins, 77, U.S. Soldier Who Regretted Fleeing to North Korea, Dies". The New York Times . Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ↑ Ritchie, Joe; Ahn, Jaehoon (September 13, 1979). "South Korean, Who Joined U.S. Army, Reportedly Defected to North Korea". The Washington Post . Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ↑ "U.S. Now Says Soldier Went Over to the North Koreans Voluntarily". The New York Times . United Press International. September 3, 1982. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ↑ Raford, Antoinette; Fraser, Simon (July 18, 2023). "US soldier held by North Korea after crossing border". BBC News . Retrieved July 18, 2023.
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