ŻAGAŃ, Poland – On Jan. 27, 1945, ten thousand Allied POWs stepped off from Stalag Luft 3 in Żagań as the Nazi regime began forcibly evacuating its POW camps in the face of the advancing Soviet ...

When the number of former prisoners of war receiving benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs nearly doubled without explanation, an American survivor of the “Hanoi Hilton” wanted answers.

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The remains of Lt. Neil Taylor, who was 25 when his plane was shot down ...

Mr. Blackwell and Ms. Sax are reporters. Mr. Blackwell is incarcerated in Washington State. Tracy McCarter remembers vividly the first time she was strip-searched. On Rikers Island in New York, she ...

Ukrainian soldier Serhii Hryhoriev said this so often during brief phone calls from the front that his wife and two daughters took it to heart. His younger daughter, Oksana, tattooed the phrase on her ...

Many prisons used to hold American POWs were in close proximity to Hanoi, with a few of the more well known jails located directly in Hanoi. American prisoners spent years living in these ...

This is the fourth part of a five-part series on the history of World War II POW camps in Michigan. Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 are available to read here. The final story will be published next Sunday.

Editor’s note: This is the final story of a five-part series on the history of World War II POW camps in Michigan. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 are available to read on woodtv.com. GRAND RAPIDS, ...