Roland Hamilton is First City POW To Win Freedom
by Stanley Meisler
Commentary by Stanley Meisler
August 11, 1953
August 1953
Middletown, Ohio
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Mother "Flabbergasted" - Pvt. Roland A. Hamilton, 25, last night became the first Middletown soldier released from a North Korean prison camp. His mother, Mrs. Altha Hamilton, 1303 Woodlawn Ave., a nurse's aid at Middletown Hospital, received the news about 9 p.m. She said she was "dumbfounded, although I knew it was coming," and added: "I'm too flabbergasted to express myself." Official confirmation by the Department of Defense of Private Hamilton’s release was telegraphed to Mrs. Hamilton this morning at 9:30. Private Hamilton has been a prisoner for more than two years. He entered the service on November 21, 1950, left for Korea in April, 1951, and was reported missing in action that same month. On December 18, 1951, Mrs. Hamilton received word that he was a Communist prisoner...
Mother "Flabbergasted" - Pvt. Roland A. Hamilton, 25, last night became the first Middletown soldier released from a North Korean prison camp. His mother, Mrs. Altha Hamilton, 1303 Woodlawn Ave., a nurse's aid at Middletown Hospital, received the news about 9 p.m. She said she was "dumbfounded, although I knew it was coming," and added: "I'm too flabbergasted to express myself." Official confirmation by the Department of Defense of Private Hamilton’s release was telegraphed to Mrs. Hamilton this morning at 9:30. Private Hamilton has been a prisoner for more than two years. He entered the service on November 21, 1950, left for Korea in April, 1951, and was reported missing in action that same month. On December 18, 1951, Mrs. Hamilton received word that he was a Communist prisoner...
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