A cinematic tale of survival through warfare, captivity by the Imperial Japanese Army and a torpedoing at sea.
On December 8th, Japan launched its first attack on airfields north of Manila following the Pearl Harbor attack. General Douglas MacArthur, commanding US and Filipino forces, executed a series of ...
MacArthur was evacuated, and the remaining American and Filipino forces, low on supplies, could not withstand a final Japanese offensive at the Bataan Peninsula. After the battle, 76,000 American and ...
CAMP RIPLEY — Remembering the sacrifice of those at Bataan, participants took off from the starting line during the Bataan Memorial March, hosted by the 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 194th Armor ...
Eighty-three years after his death, U.S. Army Pvt. Harry David Bordner of Butte, who was a Japanese prisoner of war during World War II, has been officially accounted for.
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Just a couple of months ago, KRQE News 13 shared the story of a 105-year-old New Mexico man who was one of the oldest surviving veterans of World War Two. Valdemar DeHerrera ...
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.
SANTA FE, N.M. – Valdemar DeHerrera, the New Mexico veteran and one of the last known Bataan veterans who survived being a Prisoner of War during World War II, has been laid to rest. DeHerrera passed ...
Eight decades after he died, the Department of Defense confirmed it had positively identified the remains of Capt. Willibald Bianchi, a Medal of Honor recipient who went “beyond the call of duty in ...
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.