### Question
How is the "civilian American citizens" defined?


### Answer
The term **civilian American citizens** is defined in *50 U.S.C. § 4104* as follows -

> any person who, being then a citizen of the United States, was captured in Korea on or after June 25, 1950, by any hostile force with which the Armed Forces of the United States were actually engaged in armed conflict subsequent to such date and prior to August 21, 1954, or who went into hiding in Korea in order to avoid capture or internment by any such hostile force

#### Citation:
  - *50 U.S.C. § 4104*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 51-WAR CLAIMS > SUBCHAPTER I-TITLE I OF WAR CLAIMS ACT OF 1948**

