A World War II veteran who was a prisoner of war in Germany during the last few weeks of the war will be celebrating his 100th birthday soon — and will be returning to Germany for the first time since ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — In the final days of World War II, the Grand Rapids Press published an editorial on the nation’s POW camps and how the American military’s decision to treat its 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 ...

The prisoners of Sub-Camp No. 7 helped with the local sugar cane fields and interacted with community members. Some even ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — During World War II, life was markedly different for American prisoners of war compared to their counterparts who were housed in the U.S. The American military made a ...

Bernard Miller, a POW in Germany for 15 months during World War II, salutes the flag during the Former POW Recognition Luncheon Friday at the Knights of Columbus, Luzerne. Albert M. Schlosser, who is ...

PAINTINGS DONE BY GERMAN POWS. WAS THE LEGACY AND STORIES THEY CARRY WILL CONTINUE TO ENRICH AND EDUCATE GENERATIONS FOR YEARS TO COME. THIS IS A SCENE WE BELIEVE, FROM THE ALPS. THE FOUR PAINTINGS ...

Despite being a former prisoner of war, Tulsan Bob Thompson likes to remind people that others in World War II had it worse. Including Thompson. "One guy made a remark about how we lived in the prison ...

Editor's note: We Are Aiken County is a series of articles that will run through March 16. It celebrates people, places and events that shaped Aiken County. On a plot of ground across from Aiken High ...

CAMP SWIFT, Texas — A largely rural area, Bastrop and Elgin were known for their cotton farms and peanut crops when World War II began in 1941. Virtually overnight, Bastrop County became one of the ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Small-town schoolteacher Reta Schwisow was 21, married for three months, when she got the news she was dreading: Her husband was missing in action. It was Aug. 10, 1944. Two weeks ...