Against impossible odds, Allied prisoners at Stalag Luft III executed one of the most daring escapes in WWII. Learn how ...

Relive the tension and triumph of a daring wartime escape. A film that has stood the test of time, with unforgettable ...

Leonard Dowling, who turned 100 on June 21, shared some of his WWII experience about getting shot down in a Liberator bomber ...

Beginning in 2016, an effort was begun in Weirton to recognize the military service of the men and women who have called the ...

The Great Escape, starring Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, James Garner, Charles Bronson and James Coburn, will be shown ...

According to Warfare History Network, on Feb. 6, 1945, the 10,000 POWs from Stalag-Luft No. 4 in Poland were moved out. The POWs marched for 86 days, walking at least 600 miles.

Ronald E. Daniel, 2nd Lt., U.S. Army, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Daniel of Andalusia, has been killed in action on Okinawa on April 20. Lt. Daniel was serving with Co. K, 184th Infantry Regiment, 7th ...

Then he and other prisoners were transported by train to Stalag Luft I, a prison camp on the Baltic Sea near Barth, Germany. The camp housed some 9,000 prisoners, mostly American and British airmen.