Salinas WWII soldier killed as prisoner of war identified 82 years later
Corporal DeCloss was a member of Company C, 194th Tank Battalion, U.S. Army when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December 1941. Fighting ensued and ended with the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and of Corregidor Island on May 6, 1942.
Elk Grove ceremony to honor prisoners of war, missing soldiers
Everyone is welcome to attend the event in Elk Grove. It starts at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Elk Grove Veteran Center in District 56.
Township honors, remembers prisoners of war, soldiers missing in action
Friday is National POW/MIA Remembrance Day and Hampden Township recognized it in a special way. They unveiled and dedicated a “Chair of Honor” for prisoners of war and those missing in action. The chair sits in the lobby of the Hampden Township Municipal Building as a remembrance.
Taking time to honor the nation's former prisoners of war and missing in action
The nation paused Friday to honor America's military missing in action (MIA) and prisoners of war (POW). National POW/MIA Recognition Day was established in 1979 through a proclamation signed by President Jimmy Carter.
Iowa City VA honored those who went missing in action, were prisoners of war on Friday
Veterans in eastern Iowa honored those who went missing -- or were prisoners of war -- during their service. The Iowa City Veteran Affairs (VA) held it's annual ceremony along with the American Legion Friday morning.
‘A true American hero’: Korean War veteran’s legacy lives on through family as former POW laid to rest in Tennessee
Thomas Caroland passed away on Monday, surrounded by family. Now, the Caroland family is ensuring his sacrifice and those of ...
Texas family of WW2 prisoner of war receives long-awaited medals: ‘This means everything’
On Tuesday, 80 years after his death in a prisoner of war camp, the U.S. Navy posthumously awarded Knox a Purple Heart and a ...
Korean War veteran and prisoner of war Vernon Huber dies at 96
Col. Vernon Huber, a Mandan native who served in the U.S. Air Force for 25 years, has passed away at the age of 96.
Mercenaries from Germany and New Zealand escaped from the front line after shelling — prisoner of war
This was told to RIA Novosti by the captured Ukrainian serviceman Artem Kazarchenkov. According to him, reinforcements in the ...
Ukrainian operation in Kursk Oblast encourages Russia to exchange prisoners-of-war – ISW
Ukraine and Russia conducted a prisoner-of-war swap on 14 September, the third prisoner-of-war exchange since the start of ...
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The riveting story of the longest-held American prisoner-of-war
Downey represented a unique problem for America and the young CIA. Even at the peak of the cold war, prisoners were released within months or years. But Downey was “diplomatically and politically ...
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Moscow, Kyiv swap prisoners of war as Ukraine marks independence anniversary
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine exchanged over 100 prisoners of war each on Saturday as Kyiv ... many of whom were taken prisoner in the first months of Russia’s invasion.
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New book tells true story of Dunstable soldier who escaped prisoner-of-war column
A writer and researcher has unearthed the extraordinary story of a Dunstable soldier after finding an 80,000-word manuscript ...
Inside the biggest prisoner exchange since the Cold War
Sasha Skochilenko spent over two years behind Russian bars before being part of the biggest prisoner exchange since the Cold ...