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ALTON - As a World War II Prisoner of War, Alton native Robert Ryan traded his Marquette Catholic High School class ring for ...
U.S. Army Sgt. Orace Mestas , 22, of Trinidad, was reported missing in action in April of 1951 after his unit was attacked ...
The escort carrying the remains of U.S. Army Private James Stanley Mitchell of Hamilton City, who died as a Japanese prisoner ...
U.S. Army Pvt. Harland J. Hennessey of Boonville was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II.
A New York Supreme Court judge determined that the “Russian War Prisoner” watercolor had been stolen by Nazis from Fritz ...
Then 21-year-old US Army Private Willard Merrill was captured by Japanese forces in 1942 while fighting in the Philippines ...
Art historian Mary Kisler delves into the prisoner-of-war ordeal that shaped her father Jack in the new book Dark Dad: War ...
The family of a man killed in World War II, whose remains were never found after he was killed in action, celebrated his life ...
A New York judge found that the Art Institute of Chicago’s drawing by Egon Schiele had been looted from an Austrian Jew who ...
A Ukrainian prisoner of war who was held captive in Russian jail for 1,000 days has revealed how he survived the constant hunger and endless beatings. Journalist Oleksandr Gudilin was captured ...
Ukraine says it will reciprocate any genuine ceasefire by Moscow, but has voiced skepticism after Russian President Vladimir ...
Gary was prisoner of war from January 14, 1969 to February 12, 1973. The day he was released, he says it was his proudest ...