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At 101, American WWII veteran returns to Polish forest where he was once POW
Lester Schrenk, a former U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 gunner who was shot down over Denmark in February 1944, spent about half ...
United States Army4d
Captive for 15 Months, WWII Veteran Returns to POW Camp
TYCHOWO, Poland - Eighty years after his liberation from a German prisoner of war camp, 101-year-old Lester F. Schrenk ...
Remains of captured WWII U.S. airman identified as Cpl. Glenn Hodak
Forensics investigators identified the remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Cpl. Glenn Hodak nearly 80 years after his B-29 bomber ...
Airman who was shot down, imprisoned in Japan during World War II accounted for
A World War II airman who was taken captive by Japanese forces and died in a prison fire after his plane was shot down has ...
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Remarkable Women: Henry Co. WWII POW’s story of resilience, heroism, and grace
When the United States entered World War II following the attacks on Pearl Harbor, Audrey Horton was just eight years-old. As ...
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'Truly humbling': Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands brings out thousands
The event honored the approximately 75,000 U.S. and Filipino service members who became prisoners of war in the Philippines during World War II ... carrying a folded American flag, and two ...