Prisoner of War Medal
Awarded for actions during the Korean War
Private Joseph G. Paquette (ASN: US-51092558), United States Army, was held as a Prisoner of War after he was captured during the Korean War on 17 May 1951 and was held until his release on 7 August 1953 after the signing of the Armistice.
Action Date: May 17, 1951 - August 7, 1953
Service: Army
Rank: Private
Division: Prisoner of War (Korean War)
Below is an article from the August 7, 1953 Lubbock Evening Journal
...In Achee's camp, to love
religion was to court death.
Pvt. Joseph G. Paquette, 24,
of Grosvenordale, Conn., said
Catholic prisoners often met
secretly to pray together.
"We were told it was against
their. policies (the Reds)," he
said.
"Sometimes we could hold a
service but it was only for
their photographers."
The very subdued Paquette
told of the horrors of the now
infamous "Mining Camp." a
stopover for prisoners marching
north to camps on the Yalu
River.
He said about 100 in his
group of 300 died during the
four months he was in the
"Mining Camp."
"When they died, the Chinese
would take them and throw
them outside the buildings,"
Paquette said. "It was warm
and there were worms and
flies and the bodies didn't have
a stitch of clothes. They would
keep the bodies lying out there
for a day' or so and then have
other prisoners throw them in
a hole or ditch some place."
Paquette, said Chinese
guards repeatedly hit prisoners
in the forehead with rifle
butts.
Joseph Paquette Dies, Was POW in Korea
PUTNAM. Aug. 10, 1954. Pvt., Joseph G. Paquette, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. Armas Paquette, of North Grosvenordale, died in Newington's Veterans Hospital late last night a year and three days after his release from a Communist prisoner of war camp in Korea. Official word on the cause of death has not been announced, although it is believed to be the result of his long imprisonment by the Reds. Since April of this year Paquette had been in the hospital several times for treatment. Paquette entered the Army in November, 1950, and in less than six months was a prisoner, having been captured a month after he arrived at the Korean front. He was reported missing in action in May. 1952. - During the first prisoner exchange, two Canadian soldiers being released smuggled across a list of names of American GIs they knew about. That list bore the name of Pvt. Joseph G. Paquette, noting that he was alive and apparently well. Besides his parents he leaves six brothers and two sisters. CLIPPED FROM
Hartford Courant
Hartford, Connecticut
11 Aug 1954, Wed • Page 1
Awarded for actions during the Korean War
Private Joseph G. Paquette (ASN: US-51092558), United States Army, was held as a Prisoner of War after he was captured during the Korean War on 17 May 1951 and was held until his release on 7 August 1953 after the signing of the Armistice.
Action Date: May 17, 1951 - August 7, 1953
Service: Army
Rank: Private
Division: Prisoner of War (Korean War)
Below is an article from the August 7, 1953 Lubbock Evening Journal
...In Achee's camp, to love
religion was to court death.
Pvt. Joseph G. Paquette, 24,
of Grosvenordale, Conn., said
Catholic prisoners often met
secretly to pray together.
"We were told it was against
their. policies (the Reds)," he
said.
"Sometimes we could hold a
service but it was only for
their photographers."
The very subdued Paquette
told of the horrors of the now
infamous "Mining Camp." a
stopover for prisoners marching
north to camps on the Yalu
River.
He said about 100 in his
group of 300 died during the
four months he was in the
"Mining Camp."
"When they died, the Chinese
would take them and throw
them outside the buildings,"
Paquette said. "It was warm
and there were worms and
flies and the bodies didn't have
a stitch of clothes. They would
keep the bodies lying out there
for a day' or so and then have
other prisoners throw them in
a hole or ditch some place."
Paquette, said Chinese
guards repeatedly hit prisoners
in the forehead with rifle
butts.
Joseph Paquette Dies, Was POW in Korea
PUTNAM. Aug. 10, 1954. Pvt., Joseph G. Paquette, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. Armas Paquette, of North Grosvenordale, died in Newington's Veterans Hospital late last night a year and three days after his release from a Communist prisoner of war camp in Korea. Official word on the cause of death has not been announced, although it is believed to be the result of his long imprisonment by the Reds. Since April of this year Paquette had been in the hospital several times for treatment. Paquette entered the Army in November, 1950, and in less than six months was a prisoner, having been captured a month after he arrived at the Korean front. He was reported missing in action in May. 1952. - During the first prisoner exchange, two Canadian soldiers being released smuggled across a list of names of American GIs they knew about. That list bore the name of Pvt. Joseph G. Paquette, noting that he was alive and apparently well. Besides his parents he leaves six brothers and two sisters. CLIPPED FROM
Hartford Courant
Hartford, Connecticut
11 Aug 1954, Wed • Page 1
Prisoner of War Medal
Awarded for actions during the Korean War
Private Joseph G. Paquette (ASN: US-51092558), United States Army, was held as a Prisoner of War after he was captured during the Korean War on 17 May 1951 and was held until his release on 7 August 1953 after the signing of the Armistice.
Action Date: May 17, 1951 - August 7, 1953
Service: Army
Rank: Private
Division: Prisoner of War (Korean War)
Below is an article from the August 7, 1953 Lubbock Evening Journal
...In Achee's camp, to love
religion was to court death.
Pvt. Joseph G. Paquette, 24,
of Grosvenordale, Conn., said
Catholic prisoners often met
secretly to pray together.
"We were told it was against
their. policies (the Reds)," he
said.
"Sometimes we could hold a
service but it was only for
their photographers."
The very subdued Paquette
told of the horrors of the now
infamous "Mining Camp." a
stopover for prisoners marching
north to camps on the Yalu
River.
He said about 100 in his
group of 300 died during the
four months he was in the
"Mining Camp."
"When they died, the Chinese
would take them and throw
them outside the buildings,"
Paquette said. "It was warm
and there were worms and
flies and the bodies didn't have
a stitch of clothes. They would
keep the bodies lying out there
for a day' or so and then have
other prisoners throw them in
a hole or ditch some place."
Paquette, said Chinese
guards repeatedly hit prisoners
in the forehead with rifle
butts.
Joseph Paquette Dies, Was POW in Korea
PUTNAM. Aug. 10, 1954. Pvt., Joseph G. Paquette, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. Armas Paquette, of North Grosvenordale, died in Newington's Veterans Hospital late last night a year and three days after his release from a Communist prisoner of war camp in Korea. Official word on the cause of death has not been announced, although it is believed to be the result of his long imprisonment by the Reds. Since April of this year Paquette had been in the hospital several times for treatment. Paquette entered the Army in November, 1950, and in less than six months was a prisoner, having been captured a month after he arrived at the Korean front. He was reported missing in action in May. 1952. - During the first prisoner exchange, two Canadian soldiers being released smuggled across a list of names of American GIs they knew about. That list bore the name of Pvt. Joseph G. Paquette, noting that he was alive and apparently well. Besides his parents he leaves six brothers and two sisters. CLIPPED FROM
Hartford Courant
Hartford, Connecticut
11 Aug 1954, Wed • Page 1
Awarded for actions during the Korean War
Private Joseph G. Paquette (ASN: US-51092558), United States Army, was held as a Prisoner of War after he was captured during the Korean War on 17 May 1951 and was held until his release on 7 August 1953 after the signing of the Armistice.
Action Date: May 17, 1951 - August 7, 1953
Service: Army
Rank: Private
Division: Prisoner of War (Korean War)
Below is an article from the August 7, 1953 Lubbock Evening Journal
...In Achee's camp, to love
religion was to court death.
Pvt. Joseph G. Paquette, 24,
of Grosvenordale, Conn., said
Catholic prisoners often met
secretly to pray together.
"We were told it was against
their. policies (the Reds)," he
said.
"Sometimes we could hold a
service but it was only for
their photographers."
The very subdued Paquette
told of the horrors of the now
infamous "Mining Camp." a
stopover for prisoners marching
north to camps on the Yalu
River.
He said about 100 in his
group of 300 died during the
four months he was in the
"Mining Camp."
"When they died, the Chinese
would take them and throw
them outside the buildings,"
Paquette said. "It was warm
and there were worms and
flies and the bodies didn't have
a stitch of clothes. They would
keep the bodies lying out there
for a day' or so and then have
other prisoners throw them in
a hole or ditch some place."
Paquette, said Chinese
guards repeatedly hit prisoners
in the forehead with rifle
butts.
Joseph Paquette Dies, Was POW in Korea
PUTNAM. Aug. 10, 1954. Pvt., Joseph G. Paquette, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. Armas Paquette, of North Grosvenordale, died in Newington's Veterans Hospital late last night a year and three days after his release from a Communist prisoner of war camp in Korea. Official word on the cause of death has not been announced, although it is believed to be the result of his long imprisonment by the Reds. Since April of this year Paquette had been in the hospital several times for treatment. Paquette entered the Army in November, 1950, and in less than six months was a prisoner, having been captured a month after he arrived at the Korean front. He was reported missing in action in May. 1952. - During the first prisoner exchange, two Canadian soldiers being released smuggled across a list of names of American GIs they knew about. That list bore the name of Pvt. Joseph G. Paquette, noting that he was alive and apparently well. Besides his parents he leaves six brothers and two sisters. CLIPPED FROM
Hartford Courant
Hartford, Connecticut
11 Aug 1954, Wed • Page 1
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