Francis Dodd (general), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetFrancis Dodd (general)
American brigadier general
Date of Birth: 05-Oct-1899
Place of Birth: Indiana, United States
Date of Death: 05-Mar-1973
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Francis Dodd (general)
- Francis Townsend Dodd (October 5, 1899 – 5 March 1973) was a U.S.
- Army brigadier general held hostage by North Korean POWs during a camp uprising when he was commander of the United Nations-administered prisoner-of-war camps on Koje Island during the Korean War.
- The incident led to a North Korean propaganda victory after the Army was forced to make embarrassing admissions to secure Dodd's release.
- Dodd and others involved in the incident subsequently suffered career-ending damage to their reputations.
Read more at Wikipedia