| 词条 | Clarence Adams (Korean War) |
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|name=Clarence Adams |birth_date= {{Birth date|1930|1|1}} |death_date = {{death year and age|1999|1930}} |birth_place=Memphis, Tennessee |death_place= |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance= {{flag|United States|1912}} (1947–1950) {{flag|China|1949}} (1950–1957; defector) |branch= United States Army |serviceyears=1947–1950 (defected) |rank= Corporal |commands= |unit= |battles= |awards= }} Clarence Adams was an African-American GI during the Korean War. He was captured on November 29, 1950, when the People's Liberation Army overran his all-black artillery unit's position. Adams was held as a POW until the end of the war. Instead of returning to the United States during Operation Big Switch, Adams was one of 21 American soldiers who chose to settle in the People's Republic of China.[1] As a result of their decision, these 21 Americans were considered defectors. Early lifeAdams grew up poor in Memphis, Tennessee.[2] He dropped out of high school and joined the U.S. Army in 1947, at the age of 17.[2] Korean WarAfter basic training, Adams became an infantry machine gunner. He was sent to Korea shortly after the war between North and South erupted in June 1950 and was posted to Battery A of the 503rd Artillery Regiment, attached to the 2nd Infantry Division. This was his second tour in Korea, as he had first been posted there in 1948.[3] Adams took classes in Communist political theory, and afterwards lectured other prisoners in the camps. Because of this and other collaboration with his captors, his prosecution by the Army was likely upon his repatriation. During the Vietnam War, Adams made propaganda broadcasts for Radio Hanoi from their Chinese office, telling black American soldiers not to fight: {{quote|You are supposedly fighting for the freedom of the Vietnamese, but what kind of freedom do you have at home, sitting in the back of the bus, being barred from restaurants, stores and certain neighborhoods, and being denied the right to vote. ... Go home and fight for equality in America.}}Adams married a Chinese woman and lived in China until the increasingly anti-Western atmosphere of the Cultural Revolution led him to return to the United States in 1966. The House Un-American Activities Committee subpoenaed Adams upon his return but did not question him publicly.[4] He later started a Chinese restaurant business in Memphis. Clarence Adams died in 1999. Adams' autobiography The Life of an African American Soldier and POW Who Spent Twelve Years in Communist China was posthumously published in 2007 by his daughter Della Adams and Lewis H. Carlson.[5] Return to the United StatesAdams returned to the United States from China via Hong Kong on May 26, 1966, citing that he missed his mother.[6] See also
References1. ^{{cite book|last1=Adams|first1=Clarence|title=An American Dream: The Life of an African American Soldier and POW Who Spent Twelve Years in Communist China|date=June 6, 2007|publisher=University of Massachusetts Press|isbn=978-1558495951}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Adams, Clarence}}2. ^{{cite web|title=An American Dream: The Life of an African American Soldier and POW Who Spent Twelve Years in Communist China|url=https://www.amazon.com/An-American-Dream-African-Communist/dp/1558495959}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|last1=Gillam|first1=James|title=A POW's Return to America|url=http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=14483}} 4. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,835998,00.html?promoid=googlep|title=Defectors: By Mutual Consent|date=15 July 1966|work=TIME.com|accessdate=15 March 2015}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2007/sep/16/the-long-road-home/|title=The long road home|author=Michael Lollar|work=MCA|accessdate=15 March 2015}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Chicago Tribune article May 26th 1966|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1966/05/26/page/2/article/u-s-turncoat-crosses-red-china-border/index.html}} 7 : 1930 births|1999 deaths|American army personnel of the Korean War|American defectors to China|American prisoners of war|Korean War prisoners of war|United States Army soldiers |
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