A recent history study has been completed on the World War II (1941-1946) prisoner-of-war (POW) camp and alien internment camp that once was present near what is now South Family housing at Fort McCoy ...
U.S. Army Pvt. Blanchard Pruitt was just 19 years old when he died in a POW camp in the Philippines Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has ...
ELWOOD, Ill. — 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 ...
Both men were staff sergeants during World War II, both were gunners on B-17s and both their planes were shot down on Feb. 22 ...
Over the past year, WCCO has shared stories about a 101-year-old World War II veteran from Bloomington. We caught up with Les Schrenk on the beaches of Normandy for the 80th anniversary of D-Day last ...