The joy of homecoming is short-lived for returning prisoners, as they face insults, cut pay and orders to return to the front line. When a self-described patriotic, middle-aged Russian soldier was ...

Frank Dario Manfuga, a musician from Cuba, says it was an ad on Facebook recruiting for carpenters in Russia that led him to board a plane in January bound for Moscow. But when he landed, Manfuga says ...

Heroic Vietnam War veteran Robert Stirm — who appeared in a Pulitzer Prize-winning photo showing the excited reunion between the long-held prisoner of war and his family — has died, his family ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Retired Col. Robert Stirm, featured in the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Burst of Joy,” a symbol of the Vietnam War’s ...

Lt. Col. Robert Stirm, the Air Force officer whose return from captivity during the Vietnam War was captured in an iconic photograph in 1973, has died at 92, according to CBS News. Stirm, an F-105 ...

To remember their sacrifices and suffering, to glean the meaning of their lives, we will need to find them where they rest in fields of grass. Hal LaCroix is the author of the history book “Journey ...

Decades after surviving more than 2,600 days as a prisoner of war, Vietnam veteran Harlan Chapman has been laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. During the war, he was a Marine ...

A pair of House bills introduced last week seek to change how the Veterans Affairs Department assesses health care benefits for one group of service members and offer a path to citizenship for others.

U.S. Navy Lt. Everett Alvarez Jr. was the first American to stay at the infamous Hoa Lo prison in North Vietnam, and when others arrived after they wondered how he managed to snag the best spot in the ...

A ceremony Friday at the Maryland World War II Memorial in Annapolis marks National POW/MIA Recognition Day, a day established by Congress to honor the sacrifice and courage of American prisoners of ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex ...

From the battlefields of the Revolutionary War to the trenches of World War II to the sprawling jungles of Vietnam, thousands of our patriotic service members have been horrifically captured by the ...