ORDEAL IN KOREA
1. DEFY, by Lieutenant Dennis Lankford, M.B.E., R.N.V.R.; Allan Wingate, English price 7/6. DEFY describes one man’s experiences of the war in Korea. The author tells of his life as a prisoner of war and the tortures, both physical and mental, he suffered at the hands of the Chinese Communists in their efforts to get him to "co-operate." In the first instance cooperation meant signing a confession that he was a spy, a saboteur and a war criminal. Later he was asked for details of his life and career and for information on naval administration, The Chinese seem to have had all the usual morale-breaking techniques plus some refinements of their own. It is almost’ impossible to imagine the effect of being made to dig one’s own grave and then being taken out, day after day, to play Russian Roulette. This consists of the guard putting one cartridge in the barrel of a revolver and then spinning the barrel. The muzzle is placed to the victim’s temple and the trigger pulled. This was done every day for a week. After enduring this and many other tortures, and surviving the almost unbelievable discomforts of prison life, coupled with. Korean winters, Lieutenant Lankford was finally repatriated. This is a gripping, story of the outstanding courage and -tenacity of one man against the inhuman cruelties of.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 799, 12 November 1954, Page 16
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230ORDEAL IN KOREA New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 799, 12 November 1954, Page 16
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