A Louisiana state historic marker stands at the location of the German Prisoner-of-War Sub-Camp No. 7 in Port Allen. The white structure next to it was a water fountain used in the camp. Ernest ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — During World War II, life was markedly different for American prisoners of war compared to their counterparts who were housed in the U.S. The American military made a ...

During World War II, the United States set up hundreds of prisoner of war camps in the U.S., including nearly 40 in Wisconsin. But it wasn't till nearly the end of the war that POWs were sent to the ...

SAHUARITA, Ariz. (KGUN) — The Santa Cruz Valley Historical Society recently unveiled a new historical marker commemorating Camp Continental, a German prisoner-of-war (POW) camp that played a ...

A group of POWs staged a sit-down strike at local processing plants. One POW, Heinz Golze, escaped from camps five times. Young women working alongside POWs were said to be "very familiar" with them.

Editor’s note: This is the final story of a five-part series on the history of World War II POW camps in Michigan. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 are available to read on woodtv.com. GRAND RAPIDS, ...

In the 1940s Fort Drum was home to Nazi PoWs imprisoned at Pine Camp. Fort Drum is home to the 10th Mountain Division but in the 1940s it was home to Nazi PoWs imprisoned at Pine Camp. Fort Drum is ...

Jean Shey was 12 when she first questioned her father’s judgment. He wanted to serve lunch to the Germans. Not neighbors — prisoners of war in her town of Algona. Five of them. Men captured overseas ...

During World War II, the U.S. began amassing huge numbers of German prisoners when the Afrika Korps, the Wehrmacht’s elite desert troops, surrendered to the Allied forces at Tunisia in May 1943. As ...