During World War II, the Italian prisoners of war built their own chapel at Camp Atterbury. The structure still stands today.

After the United States entered World War II, prisoner-of-war camps were established to hold those who were captured fighting ...

Although more than 80 years have passed since Gino D’Ambrosio went to war, there are certain memories that never faded.

Italy surrendered to the Allies and declared ... but the nearby steel mill casts a shadow linking the past to the present. The Hirohata POW camp The prisoner's testimonies indicate they were ...

It was the largest successful prisoner escape of the Second World War - taking place just six weeks after the more famous ...

He was killed in action in January 1944 while fighting in Italy. Howard was next ... In his book “Michigan POW Camps in World War II,” historian Gregory Sumner spoke to one of Lamoreaux ...

A former POW camp in the Philippines which was the site of a massacre of U.S. troops has fallen into disrepair.

About 130 POW camps were built in Japan during the war, and POWs were forced to toil in coal mines, factories and elsewhere. Many died of disease, starvation and violence.

Why were there POW camps in the United States during World War II? Concerned that the flood of German and Japanese POWs would ...

During World War II, the Axis powers operated numerous prison camps that were a major part of their war strategy. These ...

Retired Corporal Samuel Banuelos served in the U.S. Army from 1950 until 1954. He was trapped in an internment camp for two ...

Fifty of these civilians died under the harsh conditions in the camps, according to the POW Research Network Japan ... However, when Italy, which was an ally of Japan, surrendered to the Allies ...