World War II Medal of Honor recipient to return home for burial, 80 years after his death

World War II US Army Capt. Willibald Bianchi survived two chest wounds from Japanese gunfire, the Bataan Death March, wretched captivity in prisoner-of-war camps and the sinking of his first POW ...

WWII veteran from Maine identified 80 years after death in Japanese POW camp

U.S. Army Corporal Delmont Johnston of Monmouth was just 22 years old when he was captured by Japanese forces in the Philippines in 1942.
The Mercury

Local serviceman met death in World War II POW Japanese hell ship

To commemorate this year’s POW/MIA Recognition Day on Sept. 19, volunteers with the non-profit Stories Behind the Stars (www.storiesbehindthestars.org) have written memorials to honor the American ...

Oklahoma WWII veteran, POW headed home for burial after 82 years

Army Cpl. James M. Walker from Oklahoma survived the Bataan Death March but died in a Japanese prison. His remains were unidentified until now.
Yahoo

WWII soldier from Cleveland who died in POW camp identified

WASHINGTON (WJW)— A Northeast Ohio soldier is coming home after 80 years. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Tuesday that U.S. Army 2nd Lt. William B. Bucey, 29, of Cleveland, who died as ...
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From execution to reconciliation - WWII US Airmen POWs memorialized in Japan by Family, Family of their executioners

FUKUOKA, Japan - “Eighty years ago today, (my father, Lt. Kentaro Toji) was one of the executioners in an incident involving captured Airmen,” said Katsuya Toji. “Although he was following orders, he ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Dutch child survivor of Japan's WWII camps breaks silence

The 60 or so camps that held "some 1,200 civilians in Japan" are little known, said Mayumi Komiya of the POW Research Network Japan. Some of the prisoners did not survive, including Tineke's father, ...
Military Times

One man’s memory sparks search for US soldiers he saw executed in WWII

Army Brig. Gen. Guy Fort, 1st Sgt. John Chandler, Capt. Albert Price, and Lt. Col. Robert Vesey (left to right) were POWs executed by the Japanese in the Philippines ...
WTOL

Cleveland Army officer who died as WWII POW after Bataan Death March to be laid to rest

CLEVELAND — A World War II U.S. Army veteran from Cleveland will finally be able to rest in peace at home. On Tuesday, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that the remains of U.S.
KHQ

Dutch child survivor of Japan's WWII camps breaks silence

It has taken Tineke Einthoven 80 years to be able to speak about what she lived through as a child in brutal Japanese internment camps during World War II without breaking down. "Now I can talk about ...
WKYC3

Cleveland Army officer who died as WWII POW after Bataan Death March to be laid to rest at home

CLEVELAND — A World War II U.S. Army veteran from Cleveland will finally be able to rest in peace at home. On Tuesday, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that the remains of U.S.