He was saved by a Jersey family after escaping a Nazi labour camp, but after the war he disappeared in the Soviet Union.

A mid-19th-century resident of New Russia, Lafayette Mason fought for the Union during the Civil War, and nearly lost his life.

Throughout history, prisoners of war have faced some of the harshest conditions imaginable. These men endured starvation, isolation, brutal treatment, and the constant knowledge that they could die ...

November 15, 1943 - In November, 1943 construction was completed on 70 buildings and 7 miles of roads at a Prisoner of War internment camp near Holdrege. The camp was initiated by the Holdrege ...

U.S. Army Corporal Delmont Johnston of Monmouth was just 22 years old when he was captured by Japanese forces in the ...

Decades after surviving more than 2,600 days as a prisoner of war, Vietnam veteran Harlan Chapman has been laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. During the war, he was a Marine ...

After Lt. Col. Robert Stirm was released from a POW camp in Vietnam, the iconic photo of him reuniting with his family was captured by the Associated Press. Stirm died on Veterans Day at 92. When Air ...

German POWs in their various uniforms at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Seen here are members of the Luftwaffe, Heer, and enlisted and commissioned military members from several different branches. (Armed ...