U.S. military women had seldom been taken prisoner before Iraq claimed it captured several Thursday. During World War II, 81 U.S. nurses were taken prisoner by the Japanese when they seized Bataan and ...

Editor’s note: This is the second part of a five-part series on the history of World War II POW camps in Michigan. Part 1 is available to read here. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — During World War II, ...

Sixteen soldiers who died in World War II and the Korean War have been accounted for, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Monday. Seven of the U.S. military members accounted for were prisoners ...

A small, wooden keepsake box adorned with carvings and the inscription, “Gefangenschaft Amerika 1944,” was donated in late January to the Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office for inclusion in the Fort ...

A Franklin County serviceman who endured 17 months as a prisoner of war in World War II and died in the sinking of a Japanese transport ship is being remembered in honor of POW/MIA Recognition Day on ...

The influx of immigrants crossing our border under President Biden’s watch isn’t the first time the U.S. has hosted foreign nationals en masse. During WWII, 400,000 German soldiers made the U. S.