Operation BIG SWITCH--Circumstances of Capture--The Communist POW Camps--CCF “Lenient Policy” and Indoctrination Attempts--The Germ Warfare Issue--Problems and Performance of Marine POWs--Marine Escape Attempts--Evaluation and Aftermath XI While Guns Cool 445 The Postwar Transition--Control of the DMZ and the Military Police Company--Organization of New Defense Positions--Postwar Employment of Marine Units in FECOM XII Korean Reflection 475 Marine Corps Role and Contributions to the Korean War: Ground, Air, Helicopter--FMF and Readiness Posture--Problems Peculiar to the Korean War--Korean Lessons Appendices _Page_ A Glossary of Technical Terms and Abbreviations 537 B Korean War Chronology 541 C Command and Staff List 549 D Effective Strength, 1st Marine Division and 1st Marine Aircraft Wing 573 E Marine Corps Casualties 575 F Marine Pilots and Enemy Aircraft Downed in Korean War 577 G Unit Citations (during 1952–1953 period) 579 H Armistice Agreement 587 Bibliography 611 Index 617 Illustrations _Photographs_ Sixteen-page sections of photographs following pages 212 and 436 _Maps and Sketches_ _Page_ 1 EUSAK Dispositions--15 March 1952 9 2 Western Korea--I Corps Sector--1952–1953 14 3 1st Marine Division Sector--30 April 1952 23 4 1st Marine Aircraft Wing Dispositions--30 April 1952 25 5 2/5 Sector--15–16 April 1952 35 6 West Coast Island Defense Element--Summer 1952 54 7 East Coast Island Defense Element--Summer 1952 57 8 Objectives for 1/5 Attack--9 May 1952 78 9 1st Marines Sector of JAMESTOWN (Division Center)-- 8 August 1952 110 10 2/1 Sector--9–11 August 1952 115 11 Bunker Hill Area--2300, 12 August 1952 120 12 Combat Outposts and Ambush Sites--5th Marines Sector (Division Right)--Early September 1952 151