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

As World War II reshaped rural Iowa, German prisoners of war became an essential labor force, and, in some cases, unexpected ...

For my and some previous generations, when anyone mentions “prisoner of war” we no doubt mentally picture a crude jungle enclosure manned by Asian captors with menacing rifles and bamboo palisades.

During the Second World War, a PoW camp in southeast Australia nearby the township Cowra housed mainly Japanese and Italian prisoners. During the night of August 5th 1944, a bugle sounded in the ...

Introduction -- 1. The economics of incarceration and the blueprint for Japanese American labor -- 2. "What good was my contract?" : from free to convict laborers -- 3. "Worse than prisoners" : labor ...

A West Sacramento Veteran celebrated his 100th birthday.