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.
The Chinese Army Held an Olympic Games for POWs During the Korean War In a propaganda effort to win converts during the Korean War, China and North Korea held an "Olympic games" for captured UN...
Trump Is Renaming 7 Army Installations. Here Are the Stories Behind the Names Being Scrubbed. President Donald Trump's announcement is the administration's latest move in its concerted effort to shift the people and...
Veteran Who Fired at Gunman and Inadvertently Killed Utah Protester Was a Safety Volunteer, Organizers Say Police said that the permit for the protest did not specify that there would be armed security, and that the role and...
Air Force Lowered Annual Recruiting Goal Due to Budget Woes, But Still on Track to Hit Target This Month The Air Force had to reduce its target recruiting goal by several thousand airmen due to ongoing congressional budget delays...
‘They’re Taking Shirly’: An Army Sergeant Thought His Family Was Safe. Then, ICE Deported His Wife. For tens of thousands of U.S. service members with undocumented family members, there’s no guaranteed protection from...
Air Force's Bunker-Buster Bomb Could Take Out Iran Nuclear Facility, But Israel Hints at Other Options The Israeli campaign to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons will be considered a failure if the centrifuges deep...