Veterans column: Newark's Nickells released from North Korean POW camp
"I learned how to survive and I can survive on anything," he said in 2009.
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"I learned how to survive and I can survive on anything," he said in 2009.
An estimated 100 POWs and other prisoners died during the brutal 100-mile march in the dead of winter.
Cpl. Walter Nickells of the 24th Infantry Division, had survived two nights behind enemy lines in Korea, but his chances of evading capture were slim
Walter Nickels served at the end of World War II in Europe and ended up reenlisting for the Korean War after losing his job.