SUNCHON TUNNEL

In October 1950, two hundred and fifty American POWs were loaded onto a train in Pyongyang and sent north to Manpo.They were marched for hundreds of miles, beaten, starved and tortured, before they reached Pyongyang. Pressured by the allied forces, the train stopped and in the tunnel one hundred men were shot. The train travelled on and when it could go no further, thirty three more were shot and the rest were marched off toward Manpo.
Three reached Manpo, the others disappeared, their fate unkown.
This is just one of many acts of savagery during what has been called " The nastiest war of the 20 century".

MY FRIEND.
I lost my friend along the way
To this place I call now.
I didn't want to lose my friend
But I did and don't know how.

I remembered how he looked at me
as I lay him down to rest
when he said," I can't go on old pal,
you've seen my very best.

So leave me now and go your way
and when your journey ends
remember me beside this road
your buddy and your friend."

By S Estabrook
Survivor of the " Tiger Death March."