U.S. Army Pvt. Harland J. Hennessey of Boonville was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II.

The Post last week went inside the largest of Ukraine’s five camps for Russian POWs hundreds ... Though each Russian POW ...

TYCHOWO, Poland — The last time Lester Schrenk stood in this ... residents began rediscovering the forgotten history of the POW camp. In 1992, monuments were erected at the Podborsko train ...

About 130 POW camps were built in Japan during the war, and POWs were forced to toil in coal mines, factories and elsewhere. Many died of disease, starvation and violence.

they discuss their experiences in Ukrainian camps. Most of the prisoners emphasize the secrecy around the operation. Their commanders kept the nature of the invasion confidential until the last ...

TYCHOWO, Poland - Eighty years after his liberation from a German prisoner of war camp, 101-year-old Lester F. Schrenk returned to the site of his captivity, Stalag Luft IV in Tychowo, Poland ...

"Many were victims themselves!" he writes. André's booklet depicts harsh life in POW camp, and also poverty of local people around it. Last year André visited Nagasaki for a fourth time.

American prisoners were also removed from Hoa Lo to undermine POW camaraderie there. The camp was filthy and the cells had little ventilation. Rats ran rampant. Yet, many occupants here were ...

Despite limited resources and a dwindling number of witnesses, a citizens group has continued efforts to determine conditions in POW camps in Japan where 10 percent of the captured combatants died ...