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.

Swartz was among thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members who were interned at POW camps. He was reported captured when U.S. forces in Bataan surrendered to the Japanese. The captured ...

As thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members were captured and interned at POW camps, Swartz was among those reported captured. The POWS were forced to make the 65-mile Bataan Death March ...

1st Class Bernard J. Calvi were identified more than 82 years following his death in a Japanese POW camp in the Philippines. Calvi of North Adams, Mass., died while being held prisoner in a POW ...

“I do not remember pulling (the) rip cord nor floating to the ground,” reads Hall’s POW diary ... He spent time at three camps before he was moved to M-Stammlager (prison camp) Luftwaffe ...

Memories of past pow-wows line the walls at the Baltimore American Indian Center in East Baltimore. It's part of a new exhibit pushing ahead to this year's 48th Annual Pow-Wow."A pow-wow is really ...

IN EAST BALTIMOR A new exhibit at the Baltimore American Indian Center pushes ahead to this year's 48th annual Pow-Wow in celebration of Native American Heritage Month.Memories of past pow-wows ...

“They tried to keep the new guys away from the old guys,” Morgan said. “They had no clue about the bombing and how close we were to a peace.” Morgan was transferred to other POW camps, “New Guy ...