Sergeant Tillman Rutledge was a POW for three years and survived the Bataan death march. Back home, he was a VA volunteer for 37 years.
Three months after arriving in Korea, a Veteran was wounded then captured as a Prisoner of War. Here's his story.
This POW/MIA Recognition Day story highlights Army Air Corps Veteran Jim Fall, 99, who had to bail out when his plane was hit. He spent the next 11 months as a POW… with a broken leg.
Wilburn Rowden just celebrated his 100th birthday. In World War II, he was a radio operator crewman on a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Leo Martin “Marty” Schlocker, who was a prisoner of war during World War II.
Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran Malcolm A. Champagne, a former POW who, with the help of Portland VA, finally received his service medals.
April 9 is National Former Prisoner of War (POW) Recognition […]
A WWII soldier's remains were identified after 80 years by using dental, mitochondrial DNA and anthropological analysis.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Earlyn Black Harding, who was a nurse and was held as a POW for almost three years after the fall of Bataan and Corregidor during Japan's invasion of the Philippines.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran James N. Rowe, a Special Forces advisor who escaped captivity in Vietnam and helped develop SERE tactics.
Navy Veteran George Coker served as a bombardier before becoming a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War.
103-year-old Army Veteran and former caregiver Ellis Allen was drafted into the Army on July 25, 1942. His Army service included 33 months as a POW.