Manny Ruben awoke midair, gasping for breath as he plunged through a cold blue sky some 20,000 feet above the ground. Planes burst into fireballs around him. He last recalled trying to help his buddy ...

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

The interment ceremony for a World War II POW from Troy is taking place at 2 p.m. at the Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga ...

After nearly 80 years of being officially unaccounted for, 2nd Lt. Charles S. Atteberry is home in Idaho. The U.S. government said this week that it identified the remains of the Wilder native, who ...

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has identified and returned the remains of multiple U.S. prisoners of war from World War II, including survivors of the Bataan Death March and Japanese 'hell ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — Historic stonework constructed by World War II prisoners of war is being repaired and preserved this month on Fort Leonard Wood. The work, which is being done at the former ...

FLORIEN, La. – The remains of a U.S. Army serviceman who died as a prisoner of war during World War II will be buried Tuesday with full military honors. U.S. Army Pvt. Blanchard E. Pruitt, 19, of ...

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 ...

A Troy WWII hero's remains returned to the Capital Region at Albany International Airport on Friday afternoon for a dignified ...

A World War II U.S. Army private from Seth, Boone County, West Virginia, whose remains were unidentified until last year — 83 ...

The Franklin County Visitors Bureau is hosting an exhibit that sheds light on a lesser-known chapter of World War II history. The "Letterkenny World War II Italian Prisoner of War Experience" is on ...