How This POW Became the Only Soldier to Fight for the US and Russia During WWII While with the Red Army, Beyrle was involved in several firefights with Germans and helped blow open a safe at one of the POW...
D-Day Story: Joseph Beyrle I graduated from St. Joseph High School in Muskegon and had a scholarship to attend Notre Dame, which I did not accept...
This POW's Actions Convinced Captors in Vietnam to Scale Back Torture POW James B. Stockdale's actions convinced captors to scale back torture.
Burrell Hartley: POW Letter Letter to Mrs. Burrell Hartley regarding her husband's status as missing in action during World War II.
J.D. Osborne: Veteran Story Signalman first class J. D. Osborne was held at Mukden POW Camp for three years during World War II.
She Went to Vietnam to Heal. She Became America's First Female POW There. Dr. Eleanor Ardel Vietti was a visiting missionary in Vietnam when she and two men were abducted from a leper colony in 1962.
Two US Vets Reportedly Captured by Russian Troops in Ukraine as Families Scramble to Learn More Alexander Drueke, 39, and Andy Huynh, 27, were veterans who traveled to Ukraine in April. Their families now say both have...
How a Young Seaman's Remarkable Memory Brought Home News of Fellow POWs Douglas Hegdahl was a young seaman apprentice when he was captured during the Vietnam War and imprisoned at "the Hanoi Hilton...
World War II POW Describes Being Shot Down over the English Channel World War II veteran Bill Geiger, whose pilot was a West Pointer, wanted to be a pilot all my life.
The Davao Dozen: How Americans First Learned About the Bataan Death March If it weren't for 12 escapees from a Japanese POW camp, Americans wouldn't know about the incident until after World War II.
Veteran Committee Chairman Requests Federal Investigation of Former VA Secretary, Other Biden Officials Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., seeks a legal review of the VA's request for supplemental funding last year after determining it...
Jail Staff Laughed at Dying Veteran Left Strapped to Chair in Texas, Suit Says The family of Glenn Earl Smallwood Jr., a 33-year-old U.S. Army veteran who needed immediate medical attention but was...
Defense Department to Review List of Medical Conditions that Disqualify Potential Recruits from Serving The review follows changes over the last three years that expanded waivers for 51 conditions.
JROTC Expansion at US High Schools Eyed as Part of Bill to Boost Recruiting High school students whose campuses do not have a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program would be able to join units...
After Recent Years of Reform, Vets Fear Trump Cuts to VA Will Undo Lifeline Health Care, Research Amid a downsizing campaign that’s poised to overhaul, streamline and — in some cases — eradicate bedrock federal agencies...