biography
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Dean, William (Frishe)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1899–1981)
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| biography:
| US soldier, born in Carlyle, Illinois, USA. He became one of the first heroes of the Korean War when he was captured while commanding the 24th Infantry Division in action against a heavy North Korean assault at Teajon (1950). He described his three-year ordeal in a Communist prisoner-of-war camp in the best-selling book, General Dean's Story (1954). |
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