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Remains of Boone GI who died in Japanese POW camp ID’d, to be laid to rest

A World War II U.S. Army private from Seth, Boone County, West Virginia, whose remains were unidentified until last year — 83 ...

Maine WWII veteran identified after 80 years to receive burial with military honors

U.S. Army Corporal Delmont Johnston of Monmouth was just 22 years old when he was captured by Japanese forces in the ...
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Japan's emperor says he will honor Japanese POWs who were held in Mongolia

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Emperor Naruhito said Wednesday that he will honor thousands of Japanese prisoners of World War II who were held under harsh conditions in Mongolia when he visits the country next ...
Orange County Register

Riverside WWII soldier who died in Japanese POW camp returns home

Eight-two years to the day after he died in a Japanese prisoner of war camp, U.S. Army Air Forces Pfc. Charles R. Powers has returned home to Riverside. Powers died at age 26 on July 18, 1942 after ...
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Eight Decades After His Death, a WWII POW from Plainfield is Laid to Rest with His Mother

PLAINFIELD, NJ — The remains of a World War II sailor from Plainfield who died in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp have been laid to rest in a grave with his mother at Hillside Cemetery in Scotch ...