为了教育朝鲜前线的美國战俘,華東革命大學附設的外文專修學校英文班學生四十四人,组成了志願赴朝語文工作队,於十日晚離上海赴朝鮮前线工作。該隊隊员大部分是聖约翰、東吳等大學的畢業生。他們堅决地表示要通過教育美国战俘去打擊美帝国主義侵略者!五十二歲的李元白在參加該隊時說: In order to educate the U.S. prisoners of war in North Korea’s front line, 44 students from English-affiliated classes attached to the East China University for Revolutionary Studies formed a volunteer delegation to the DPRK to write a language task force. They left Shanghai to work on the DPRK’s front line on the evening of the 10th. Most of the team members are St. John’s, Soochow University graduates. They firmly said they would fight the U.S. imperialist aggressors by educating the U.S. prisoners of war. Li Yuanbai, 52, said at the time of joining the team: