How Iowa farmers fed German prisoners and found common ground in WWII

As World War II reshaped rural Iowa, German prisoners of war became an essential labor force, and, in some cases, unexpected ...

At Iowa's Camp Clarinda, fear defined life for Japanese prisoners of war

Transferred late in World War II, Japanese prisoners of war encountered suspicion in southwest Iowa before labor demands ...
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World War II prisoner of war laid to rest more than 80 years after his death

CHILTON COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC/Gray News) - More than 80 years after his death, a World War II veteran who was listed as missing in action has finally been laid to rest. Private First Class Norman Thomas, ...

WWII, Korean War POWs from West Virginia identified

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) – Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced this week that two West Virginia soldiers missing since they were taken prisoners of war in their conflicts have now been ...

Red Rock Historical Society digitizing archives from local WWII POW camp

The Red Rock Historical Society is digitizing documents focused on Camp R -- a former POW internment camp which operated in ...
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How World War II POWs rolled the dice on Monopoly to win their freedom

In the bitter winter of 1941, British military prisoners in Nazi-occupied Germany huddled around a Monopoly set, dazzled by the contents that awaited them. They didn’t pluck Community Chest cards.