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7 years ago, the athletes in the special "Winter Olympics" on the Korean battlefield were all prisoners of war.
In 1951, after the first campaign to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, the Political Department of the Volunteers sent special personnel to start preparations for the establishment of a prison camp to centrally manage prisoners of war. Contrary to people's impression of a prison camp with high walls, iron nets and sentries, there is no sentry box in Bitong Volunteer Camp, and there are no volunteers to patrol and guard everywhere.
Panoramic photo of Bitong Volunteer Camp
Here, the staff strictly implemented the policy of giving preferential treatment to prisoners, and made every effort to improve the basic living conditions of prisoners of the "United Nations Army" and make their lives more colorful.
Daily entertainment activities of prisoners of war wearing cotton-padded clothes of volunteers
A special "Winter Olympics"-Chinese people's Volunteer Army Bitong Prisoner of War Camp Olympic Games was also held here.
In June, 1952, the Political Department of the Volunteers held the second enemy work conference of the Volunteers in Bitong. At the meeting, a new "sports and entertainment Committee" was established according to the suggestions of prisoners of war. In September of the same year, the "Sports and Recreation Committee" proposed to hold a sports meeting on the scale of a prison camp. After discussion, the Volunteer Prisoners' Control Office agreed that this would not only play an anti-war role, but also be an important opportunity to show the world that our army gives preferential treatment to prisoners of war.
After a month's preparation, the Prison Administration selected more than 5 athletes from more than 1, prisoners of war, and held the Chinese people's Volunteer Army Bitong Prison Camp Olympic Games from November 15 to November 26, 1952. The reason why it is named after "Olympics" is that its "peace" implication is more and more precious in the battlefield where gunfire is roaring.
on November 15th, a grand opening ceremony was held in the main venue. The participating athletes wore uniforms specially customized by the Volunteers and entered the stadium through the temporary "Arc de Triomphe".
athletes enter the stadium
Opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in the prisoner-of-war camp
Wang Yanggong, director of the volunteer prison administration office, served as the chairman of the presidium of the Games and delivered a speech: "For the development of sports and a happy and safe environment, peace is necessary and the most basic, and the future will eventually belong to peace."
this sports meeting * * * held more than 2 events such as track and field, ball games, gymnastics and boxing.
Olympic football match in prison camp
Olympic basketball match in prison camp
volleyball match of prisoners of war
tug-of-war match of prisoners of war
high jump match of prisoners of war
Although the contestants are prisoners of war, their competitive level is not low.
It is worth mentioning that in the 1-meter race, American prisoner of war Thomas ran an excellent result of 1.6 seconds, only .4 seconds slower than the world record of 1.2 seconds at that time.
Thomas won the championship in the sprint
Korean prisoners of war were ecstatic to win all the medals in the 3m long-distance race
After 12 days of intense and intense competition, the fifth group of prisoners of war won the first place in the overall team score, the first group of prisoners of war won the second place and the third group of prisoners of war won the third place.
There are prizes in competitions. Although there are no gold medals, the prizes are also carefully prepared by the prison camp managers. They are all cloisonne vases, silk umbrellas, sandalwood fans, jade necklaces, scarves, handkerchiefs and other exquisite handicrafts purchased from Beijing, Shanghai and Shenyang.
Norman Crawford (American, winner of bagging race) and his friend George E Green (Englishman, winner of 15m walking race) won the prize of a parasol
During the whole sports meeting, the stadium was full of excitement and fun. It is hard for anyone to think that this is a sports meeting attended by prisoners of war who have come down from the tense battlefield.
Even Li Qiwei has to admit in his memoirs that "in some ways, they are enemies of more civilization. Many times, they give their only food to prisoners and treat them kindly."
sports meeting related reports
At the closing ceremony, American prisoner of war Commton, who won the first place in the high jump competition, recited a poem for everyone:
Why is the war still going on and
People are still losing their lives?
why can't peace become the main theme of today's world?
here, sports competitions are so interesting;
But there,
the competition with death is still going on!
the significance of this sports meeting is undoubtedly far-reaching.
The mental outlook of the prisoners of war has taken on a new look, and some of them even began to think, "Why should we take part in such a meaningless war?"
On July 27th, 1953, the warring parties in the Korean battlefield formally signed an armistice agreement, and they exchanged prisoners of war according to the principle of voluntary repatriation. Unexpectedly, in the final stage of repatriating prisoners of war, 2 American prisoners of war and one British prisoner of war in the volunteer camp suddenly submitted applications to refuse repatriation and settle in China.
Sport never respects national boundaries, races or ideologies. Since its birth, the Olympic Movement has been born for peace and prospered because of peace. The Olympic Games in Bitong Prisoner Camp, Chinese people's Volunteer Army, shows exactly the "light of new China's national character, the light of China people's personality and the light of justice to resist US aggression and aid Korea", as the slogan of the Games shows, "The Games is the road to friendship, and peace is the goal of all".
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