Every day, how grateful I am that my father was one of the lucky ones and returned home. That was really a gift.” ...

Color, culture and tradition collided at the 53rd annual Poarch Creek Indian Pow Wow, drawing thousands to the reservation in ...

Former U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Robert Stirm, a POW during the Vietnam War known for the iconic "Burst of Joy" photo reuniting ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer warmly greeted everyone at the annual POW-MIA Recognition Day ceremony, a touching event to honor U.S. military service members who were prisoners of war and ...

A newspaper photo in 1950 gave Olga Nugent hope her husband, Maj. Ambrose Nugent, was alive as a POW in Korea — sparking a ...

On Friday morning, a table set for a meal sat empty on the lawn of Vacaville’s City Hall. For the unfamiliar, the sight may have seemed strange, but for those celebrating Sept. 19 as Prisoner Of War ...

As families across Mississippi gather on Thanksgiving, the Mississippi Department of Archives (MDAH) shared a holiday story ...

FUKUOKA, Japan - “Eighty years ago today, (my father, Lt. Kentaro Toji) was one of the executioners in an incident involving captured Airmen,” said Katsuya Toji. “Although he was following orders, he ...

Japanese from Latin America were rounded up and traded to Japan for U.S. POWs. Isamu "Art" Shibayama enjoyed an idyllic childhood in Peru -- fishing on Sundays with his father and going to baseballs ...