Larry Allen Abshier (1943 – July 11, 1983) was one of seven American soldiers to defect to North Korea in 1962 after the Korean War. He was born in Urbana...
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soldier and 327 South Koreans). Anna Wallis Suh (1950, died 1969) Larry Allen Abshier (1962, died 1983) James Joseph Dresnok (1962, died 2016) Jerry Wayne...
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" Dresnok met Larry Allen Abshier, another U.S. defector, soon after his arrival. Eventually there were four of them: Dresnok, Abshier, Jerry Parrish...
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North Korea portal United States portal Americans in North Korea Larry Allen Abshier – American defector to North Korea (1943–1983) Roy Chung – American...
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her arrival in Pyongyang, Panjoy was forced to marry U.S. defector Larry Allen Abshier. In 1980 Panjoy and her husband moved into an apartment near Jenkins...
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Korea as a corporal in the U.S Army. Following American soldiers Larry Allen Abshier and Joe Dresnok defection in 1962, Parrish crossed the Demilitarized...
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Tsimanouskaya, Belarus sprinter, who defected to Poland in 2021. Larry Allen Abshier, the first of six American soldiers to defect to North Korea between...
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repatriation during Operation Big Switch in 1953 (to remain in China) Larry Allen Abshier (1943–1983) of Urbana, Illinois, deserted in May 1962 at age 19 James...
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mistake." Jenkins was initially housed with fellow US deserters Larry Allen Abshier, James Joseph Dresnok, and Jerry Wayne Parrish. The American men...
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Pvt. Larry Allen Abshier abandoned his post in South Korea in May 1962 when he crept away from his base and crossed the DMZ into North Korea. Abshier was...
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North Korea since the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement: Larry Allen Abshier (1962) James Joseph Dresnok (1962) Jerry Wayne Parrish (1963) Charles...
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Chiang Kai-shek. Knife (Kang Keum-bok) Seul-hwa (Park Sub) Carl (Larry Allen Abshier): A captain in the US Secret Service. Lewis (Jerry Wayne Parrish):...
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Star. 1 February 1990. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Greene, Larry A. (2011). Germans and African Americans: Two Centuries of Exchange. Jackson...
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1962 propaganda pamphlet called "I Am A Lucky Boy", dining with Larry Allen Abshier, a US Army deserter and defector. Jenkins reported meeting her briefly...
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Korean films include Charles Robert Jenkins, James Joseph Dresnok, Larry Allen Abshier, and Jerry Wayne Parrish. All four of them starred in the 20-part...
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opening the Space Needle to the public for the first time. May – Larry Allen Abshier becomes the first of six (possibly seven) American defectors to North...
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Shahid Khan, CEO of Flex-N-Gate; owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars Larry Allen Abshier, U.S. soldier who defected to North Korea after the Korean War in...
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Jerry Wayne Parrish Charles Robert Jenkins James Joseph Dresnok Larry Allen Abshier Joseph White Ford, Vernon (July 2007). "An American Dream: The Life...
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