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 ...

Editor's note: We Are Aiken County is a series of articles that will run through March 16. It celebrates people, places and events that shaped Aiken County. On a plot of ground across from Aiken High ...

WATERLOO - It was not Abu Ghraib. In fact, it was quite the opposite. Prisoners of war weren't mistreated under Eldred Harman's watch as an Army military policeman in World War II. They planted crops.

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - As the unprecedented D-Day invasion in France got underway in June 1944, German prisoners of war were arriving in Texas by the thousands. According to the Texas Historical ...

Helen Crumpacker and her mother-in-law cooked dinner for the German prisoners of war who had labored that day in the Crumpacker Bros. orchards near Bonsack. In POW camps in Salem, Catawba and across ...

FORT BENNING, Ga. (Nov. 15, 2018) - Soldiers, civilians, Family members and members of the community gathered under rainy weather for a German and Italian Memorial Day ceremony at the Main Post ...

Today, guests flock by the thousands to witness history at Fort Niagara, glimpse the gorge at Letchworth and swim Lake Ontario at Hamlin Beach. Six decades ago, hundreds of unwilling guests were ...

World War 2 buffs have just discovered an "epic" new film set in a German prisoner of war camp - starring soap royalty ...

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, ...

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 ...

Follow the extraordinary journey of German and Italian POWs held in Minnesota during WWI. Held in Minnesota: Untold WWII POW Stories is a Pioneer PBS documentary film about the forgotten history of ...

During the lesser-known 1943 Sobibor Uprising, several hundred Jews fled into the forests of Poland, where many were tracked ...