Death Railway: Brutality of Japanese army during World War II led to high mortality rate among POWs, laborers
If people ask which army was the most powerful during World War II, opinions might vary widely. However, if the question is ...
Assault on Mali’s Capital Killed 50 or More, but Leaders Say Little
Days after the West African country’s ruling military was ambushed by Islamist rebels, it has sought to hide the true extent ...
Bloody history: Japanese army slaughtered more than 100,000 Filipino civilians in desperate revenge in Manila Massacre
On August 29, 2024, a spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines gave a stern response to the Japanese ambassador ...
Salinas WWII soldier killed as POW identified 82 years later
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Friday that a World War II prisoner of war was identified on Friday. U.S.
March for Bolivia's ex-President Morales turns violent, as political crisis escalates
Thousands of anti-government demonstrators marching in support of Bolivia’s former socialist President Evo Morales were ...
Oregon soldier's remains buried in Hillsboro more than 80 years after Bataan Death March
After more than 80 years, the remains of a U.S. soldier from Hillsboro, who died as a prisoner of war in the Philippines ...
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WWII POW who died in Philippines in 1942 laid to rest in Oregon
The remains of U.S. Army Pvt. William E. Calkins were laid to rest Saturday in Hillsboro, Ore., nearly 82 years after he died ...
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PHOTOS: Oregon WWII soldier laid to rest 82 years after death in prison camp
A World War II soldier from Oregon who was missing for over 80 years was officially laid to rest in a memorial service in ...
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Homecoming For Private William E. Calkins Tomorrow At Fir Lawn Cemetery
Tomorrow at Noon, the remains of U.S. Army Private William E. Calkins will be laid to rest during a ceremony at Fir Lawn Memorial Park just West of downtown Hillsboro. The ceremony will close a very ...
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American Politicians Pushing to Award Bataan, Attu Veterans the Congressional Gold Medal
The “Defenders of Bataan, Corrigedor, and Attu Congressional Gold Medal Act” is currently sponsored by a primarily Democratic ...
Long missing, WWII POW buried 82 years after his death at Cape Canaveral National Cemetery
U.S. Army Cpl. Leo J. Barlosky was only 24 when he died of diphtheria at a prisoner of war camp on July 27, 1942, in the ...