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4? By now Operation Big Switch is well underway ....and we are in the war zone to coordinate and supervise this unp ecedented operation. During these nine weeks near 100,000 POWs are transported on Task Force 90 ships, including 75,000 Chinese and Korean repatriate POWs, 14,000 non-repatriates, and 7,000 retu ning South Koreans. Over ninety percent of the task force labors in this joint operation. . K . ,Q 5 . in ll ie-tif fr ft -A iptn 3, L, w 1' 1 W 1 if 1. W
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