U.S. general seized by red prisoners at Koje as hostage 60 years ago today (1952)


Video: May 7, 1952 (at 1:35)

(Wednesday, May 7, 1952, during the Korean War, part of the Cold War) — Communist prisoners on Koje Island, off the South Korean coast, today seized the camp commandant, Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd, and are holding him prisoner.