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 ...
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 ...
An American pilot captured during WW2 carried out an extraordinary escape by taking control of a German fighter aircraft from ...
In 1944, an American bomber was separated from its formation after making a bombing run over airplane factories in the heart of Nazi Germany when one of its engines began to fail. Luftwaffe pilots ...
George Stowell Burson had brisket and potato salad for lunch last week. It was a far cry from the two loaves of bread per week that he and 19 other officers had to share as prisoners of war in Germany ...
They had all gone in different directions when the war started. But now that it was over, Bill Caldwell’s first “band of brothers” could finally be one unit again. “We all had wild stories to tell,” ...