The action of the Chinese in freeing the prisoners was in happy contrast to the treatment—often a bullet in the back of the head—prisoners had received from the North Koreans. At one point the Chinese actually set the severely wounded men on litters along the road, then drew back and held their fire while our medics in trucks came to retrieve the injured men. (P58)
The Chinese, we were to learn, was a tough and vicious fighter who often attacked without regard for casualties. But he was a more civilized foe in some respects than we found the NKPA to be. In many instances he shared what little food he had with his prisoners and treated them with kindness, very likely to impress him with how much better he would live under Communism. (P59)
