Philip Crosbie(1915-2005)
- Writer
Fr. Phil was a Columban Missionary. At the beginning of the Korean War in 1950, Fr. Phil and fellow Columban Bishop Thomas Quinlan, along with 750 other prisoners, were forced to take part in an eight day long death march with the retreating North Korean Army. Only 250 prisoners, including Fr. Phil and Bishop Quinlan survived this death march. They remained prisoners of the North Koreans until May 1953. Fr. Phil recorded his experience in his book "Pencilling Prisoner".