On Remembrance Sunday Michael Nicholson tells the remarkable story of how he came across a portrait of his father John ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Emperor Naruhito said Wednesday that he will honor thousands of Japanese prisoners of World War II who were held under harsh conditions in Mongolia when he visits the country next ...

Military scientists have identified the remains of an Illinois soldier who died during World War II at a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines. The remains of Army Pfc. Harry Jerele of ...

TOKYO (AP) — The prisoners of war held in Tokyo’s Omori POW camp saw some of the most horrific destruction during the last months of World War II, as American B-29 bombers dropped incendiary bombs ...

EAU CLAIRE — “If anyone knows me,” said Todd Johnson, “they know I like a good story.” Along with John Duretsky, Johnson will be one of the presenters of the upcoming event at the Chippewa Valley ...

"It is just as remarkable as the truce of World War One when British and German soldiers stopped fighting on Christmas Day, perhaps even more so given the hatred and fear between the US and Japanese ...

LYNCHBURG — George Rogers never felt any animosity toward the Japanese who imprisoned him in labor camps during World War II. Psychiatrists who spoke with Rogers once he returned to the United States ...

Iowa soldier Lloyd Bruntmyer survived Bataan Death March but died as POW. DNA identified him after family's 30-year search.

KOYAGI, Japan — Dozens of relatives of former Dutch prisoners of war who suffered abuse and starvation during their captivity in one of Japan's largest World War II prison camps visited on Saturday ...