Colditz War Camp Photographed Extensively by Covert Airmen
Many officers who fought for the Allies during WWII were imprisoned in a German camp known as Colditz, the site of which was a large…
Whiteman Leaders Deliver Long-overdue Medals To WWII POW
Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. called him again last month, almost five years since he was the guest of honor at the annual remembrance day…
Vietnam war veteran who endured one of the longest captivities as a POW Passes Away
Colonel George Robert Hall, a Vietnam War veteran who endured one of the longest captivities as a POW in American history, has died after he…
Ex-Burma POW, Jan Bras, Sues for Damages
Expatica reports the story of Jan Bras. Bras is suing the Dutch state for compensation for physical injuries he sustained while he was a POW…
Lloyd Kilmer Made It Out Of A POW Camp On Liberation Day
Kilmer was from Minnesota and he enlisted in the war in 1942, when he was 21 years old. After finishing his military training, he went…
World War One Statistics
The Japan Times – World War One left millions people wounded, widowed, without parents, and dead. These horrifying numbers gives you a small insight onto…
Remembering Edwin A. Shuman III, Ex-Vietnam War POW (1931-2013)
Christmas, 1970 – 43 American POWs incarcerated in the Vietnamese Hoa Lo prison or Hanoi Hilton to the prisoners wanted to hold a short…
D-Day Memorial And The Bedford Boys : 70th Anniversary
According to President April Cheek-Messier, this might be the last big gathering at the National D-Day Memorial, as the youngest veterans are now in their…
Long Lost Vietnam POW May Still be Alive According to Wife
David Hrdlicka lived in Minnesota and was a member of the United States Air Force. He went to St. John’s Preparatory School in Collegeville, Minnesota…
GERMAN AND ITALIAN WWII POW’S HONORED IN KANSAS
A man wearing a German army uniform spoke to a gathering of other American, German, and Italian soldiers freezing in the Kansas wind. In front…
John Evans: The England cricketer who escaped from two prisoner of war camps
In September 1914, only a month after war had been started, British cricketers put their bats and balls aside. A number of approximately 200 had…