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A Black GI in China
The story of a black American prisoner of war who chose to live in communist China after the Korean war had ended. He fell in love and started a family and, for a time, was happy.
In November 1950 Clarence Adams, an African-American soldier fighting in the Korean War was captured by the Chinese Red Army. He was held prisoner until the war ended but then, instead of returning to the USA, Adams and 20 other GIs chose to settle in China. Rob Walker has been speaking to his daughter Della Adams about her father's life in Communist China.
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Mon 28 Nov 2016
12:04
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