1953 Press Photo Father Thomas Quinalan who was held in N Korea for 2 yrs

Seven Arrive From Korea.. Father Thomas Quinlan has a Cheerful Wave.. The Seven men who had been interned by the North Koreans for two years and eight months - landed at the R.A.F Station, Abingdon, Wiltshire this afternoon aboard an R.A.F. Heatings Ambulance aircraft in which they had flown from Moscow.. They traveled from Korea-across Manchuria and Siberia by train. The seven are Mr. Norman Owne of the British Legation Seoul; Cadt. V~vyan Holt, former British Minister at Seoul; Mr. Philip Deane a war reporter; Father Thomas Quinalan the Irish Missionary Herbert Lord of the salvation Army; Bishop Alfred Cooper an Anglican missionary and Mr. George Blake British Vice Cohsul at Seoul Photo Shows: Father Thomas Quinlan the Irish Missionary has a cheerful wave for the onlookers when he landed at abingdon today.

Photo measures 6 x 8.25 inches.

Photo is dated 04-04-1953.



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