Since 2014 the DPAA has been working to identify, recover and repatriate the remains of POWs who died in the prison camps or ...

PLAINFIELD, NJ — The remains of a World War II sailor from Plainfield who died in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp have been laid to rest in a grave with his mother at Hillside Cemetery in Scotch ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In early 1945, as World War II ground toward its final months, residents of southwest Iowa learned that a new group of prisoners ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Emperor Naruhito said Wednesday that he will honor thousands of Japanese prisoners of World War II who were held under harsh conditions in Mongolia when he visits the country next ...

To commemorate this year’s POW/MIA Recognition Day on Sept. 19, volunteers with the non-profit Stories Behind the Stars (www.storiesbehindthestars.org) have written memorials to honor the American ...

SAN DIEGO — The remains of a World War II soldier who died as a Japanese prisoner of war more than eight decades ago arrived at San Diego International Airport on Thursday, fulfilling a mission his ...

On the morning of Dec. 8, 1941, Sergeant David Akui walked along Waimanalo Beach and spotted what he thought was a sea turtle emerging from the surf. Akui quickly realized he had found something far ...

BOONVILLE, N.Y. – Eight New York Army National Guard Soldiers provided funeral honors for a World War II Soldier who survived the infamous Bataan Death March --only to die in a Japanese POW camp later ...

This story is a companion to a piece about Iowa's prisoner of war camps. Read about Camp Algona, whose POWs helped on local farms here. In early 1945, as World War II ground toward its final months, ...