branch death_date birth_place allegiance placeofburial_label battles birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name
united states army 05 march 1973 indiana united states of america place of burial world war ii korean war 05 october 1899 fort sam houston national cemetery brigadier general briggendodd.jpg francis dodd -lrb- general -rrb-
 francis t. dodd
francis dodd -lrb- general -rrb-

`` for the british artist , see francis dodd francis townsend dodd -lrb- october 5 , 1899 -- 5 march 1973 -rrb- 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 .
