Operation Little Switch in which released POW are taken from Panmunjom, Korea to Tachikawa, Tokyo. The wife of Captain Dean of the Air Force, a returnee, chats with US Air Force General Otto P. Weyland. A US aircraft in the background. The Dean walks down the ramp of an aircraft with his wife. He kisses his wife. General and other officers stand in the background. Both of them sit in a car. The released POW walk on an airport. Women take pictures.
Operation Little Switch in which released POW are taken from Panmunjom, Korea to Tachikawa, Tokyo. A medic instructs the returnees on how to put on Mae West jackets. The returnees wear the jackets. An aircraft parked in the background. The released POW going aboard the aircraft which will take them to Z.I via Hawaii.
Operation Little Switch in which released POW are taken from Panmunjom, Korea to Tachikawa, Tokyo. The cars, carrying litter patients, drive towards US Air Force Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter parked at an airport. The car backs up towards the aircraft. The litter patients are taken aboard C-97. Men stand in the background and under a wing of the aircraft. An Army General.
Operation Little Switch in which released POW (Prisoners Of War) are taken from Panmunjom, Korea to Tachikawa, Tokyo. Men carry patients aboard ambulances at the Tokyo annex. Ambulatory patients walk out. Several views of smiling African American patients. Mrs. Clark, wife of General Clark shakes hand with men at an airport.
Operation Little Switch in which released POW (Prisoners Of War) are taken from Panmunjom, Korea to Tachikawa, Tokyo. The returnees get dressed in clean uniforms. Red Cross workers make tags for the returnees. A Greek patient reading in bed. The patient smiles.
Operation Little Switch in which released POW (Prisoners Of War) are taken from Panmunjom, Korea to Tachikawa, Tokyo. US Colonel Kirkpatrick awards Purple Hearts to a group of released patients. Several views of Colonel awarding Purple Hearts. The medals pinned on the uniforms of the patients.