At Iowa's Camp Clarinda, fear defined life for Japanese prisoners of war

Transferred late in World War II, Japanese prisoners of war encountered suspicion in southwest Iowa before labor demands ...
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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 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 ...
Yahoo

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 ...
Digital Journal

Dutch child survivor of Japan’s WWII camps breaks silence

Japanese camps survivor Tineke Einthoven, 87 - Copyright AFP Frederic DIDES Japanese camps survivor Tineke Einthoven, 87 - Copyright AFP Frederic DIDES Vincent-Xavier ...