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cloudbase

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3. He looks to be severely underfed, and looks at least twice his actual age.

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Sat Dec 28, 2024, 08:04 AM

Dec 2024

He's got a thousand yard stare several times over.

Being captured will be the highlight of his life.

Side note: The operations manager of a company I worked for in the '80s-'90s was an Italian fighter pilot during WW2. He said that being shot down and taken prisoner was one of the better things that happened to him. Aircraft maintenance wasn't a high priority.

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Ukraine: First North Korean Soldier Taken Alive by Special Operations Forces (SOF) [View all] C0RI0LANUS Dec 2024 OP

NK don't care................. Lovie777 Dec 2024 #1

Kim is probably glad that he has less mouths to feed and got perks from ruzzia...nt mitch96 Dec 2024 #11

I hope the protocols of POW are being followed by Ukraine Pachamama Dec 2024 #2

He looks to be severely underfed, and looks at least twice his actual age. cloudbase Dec 2024 #3

I believe that story about the Italian military pilot happy to be caught and out of the war. Remember Yossarian? C0RI0LANUS Dec 2024 #5

Yep. cloudbase Dec 2024 #6

30 years later Joseph Heller wrote a sequel called "Closing Time." C0RI0LANUS Dec 2024 #7

I've never read that, are some of the same characters in this book as Catch-22 Walleye Dec 2024 #8

Hi Walleye: Yes, a few of them are in the sequel. I'm going to go thru my library and see if I still have it. C0RI0LANUS Dec 2024 #9

Thanks looks pretty interesting, I really enjoyed the original years ago Walleye Dec 2024 #10

Great points about protocol. These photos seem to be unofficial releases thru friendly channels. C0RI0LANUS Dec 2024 #4