Claude Batchelor, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Claude Batchelor

Date of Birth: 14-Dec-1929

Place of Birth: Kermit, Texas, United States

Profession: military personnel

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Claude Batchelor

  • Claude Batchelor (born December 14, 1929) is a former United States Army soldier convicted by court martial of collaborating with China during the Korean War. Originally from Kermit, Texas, Batchelor enlisted in the Army at age 16 and was deployed to the Korean Peninsula at the outbreak of the Korean War.
  • He was made a prisoner of war (POW) in late 1950 after his company was overrun by Chinese forces.
  • While interned at the Pyok-Dong POW camp, he evangelized a communist worldview to fellow prisoners and penned a letter calling for the United States to withdraw from the Korean Peninsula.
  • According to Batchelor, his actions were the result of brainwashing.
  • Repatriated to the United States at the end of the war, he was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment, though ultimately served less than five.

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