During World War II, the United States established prisoner of war (POW) camps on its soil for the first time since the Civil War. By 1943, Arkansas had received the first of 23,000 German and Italian ...

After over 80 years, a team of marine archeologists and historians believe that they’ve uncovered a lost piece of World War II history. The remains of the Japanese freighter Hōfuku Maru were spotted ...

A Louisiana state historic marker stands at the location of the German Prisoner-of-War Sub-Camp No. 7 in Port Allen. The white structure next to it was a water fountain used in the camp. Ernest ...

US Master Sgt. Roderick W. Edmonds, who protected his Jewish comrades in a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, was one of three people to be awarded the Medal of Honor by US President ...

In June 1943, the first German prisoners arrived at Camp Hearne, a prisoner-of-war camp outside Hearne, Texas. Many were noncommissioned officers from the Afrika Korps, captured after the Axis defeat ...

Walk through a museum that tells the tale of a WWII German POW camp. Walk through a museum that tells the tale of a WWII German POW camp.

ANNISTON — Docents connected with the Anniston Museums and Gardens took about two dozen visitors on a tour of the German-Italian POW cemetery at the former Fort McClellan Saturday morning, giving many ...

Murals by German World War II Prisoners of War may have sparked the green alien lore of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. When people wonder where the “green aliens” are hidden at Wright-Patterson Air ...