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Joseph Vater did not know what would happen to him after he had to surrender. He felt helpless and stuck. He knew...

Ora Pierce Hicks married John Hicks at a German prisoner of war camp in Arizona. She has a twin brother named Otis. She...

Dominick Frank Poliseno saved some letters from his time as a prisoner of war that he shares with people who show...

Bougainville [Annotator's Note: Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands] was taken on 1 November [Annotator's Note: 1...

[Annotator's Note: A squeaking door can be heard throughout this segment.] Helias Doundoulakis [Annotator's Note:...

Bernard Allen Dearey was sent to Fort Snelling, Minnesota for induction, and then went to Fort Sheridan, Illinois for a...

Richard "Dick" Willhour returned from a rest camp as the outfit [Annotator's Note: 100th Infantry Division] was moving...

Jack Davis and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company D, 1st Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division]...

Drafted into the Army in 1943, Peter Paret was thrown in with unfamiliar types, and became a fairly solitary man. His...

[Annotator's Note: Robert Prince helped liberate the Cabanatuan Prison Camp, Cabanatuan City, Luzon, Philippines on 30...

Roy Uthes arrived in Myitkyinā without any combat experience. His unit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 209th Engineer...

Kalil does not know what happened to the P-47 pilot. The airmen were taken to a different camp from the infantry. He...

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