Morris Wills

In Exile
Date of birth:03. 05. 1933
Date of death:1999
Gender:Male
Era:1950s
State:New York
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Morris Wills

Biography

Morris Wills was a U.S. Army corporal from Fort Ann, New York, and one of 21 American Korean War prisoners who refused repatriation. He crossed into China on February 24, 1954, attended Peking University and married there. Wills returned to the United States in 1965, worked at Harvard University and published the memoir Turncoat about his twelve years in China.

Case

Charges: Declined repatriation to the United States after captivity in the Korean War; no criminal conviction resulted from that decision.
In exile since: Feb 24, 1954
Exile ended: 1965
Sentence: Dishonorably discharged by the U.S. Army after refusing repatriation and permitted to leave the neutral custody area for China.

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