Deep in western Ukraine, captured troops tell The Telegraph about life on the front line and their longing to return home Dominic served for 23 years in the British Army with operational deployments ...

In brief: Ukraine and Russia have agreed to a major prisoner exchange involving 1,000 detainees on each side, alongside a temporary ceasefire from May 9 to May 11. President Zelensky said the deal, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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Ordered at gunpoint to separate Jewish soldiers from other POWs, Army Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds called a full formation of Americans and told a German commander: "We are all Jews." By Matt White, ...

Lt. Col. (ret.) Bob Jeffrey talks about being held captive in a POW camp in Vietnam during an event for the Veterans Heritage Project in 2022. (Imprints of Honor/Facebook) As if Bob Jeffrey hadn’t ...

This still image from a video posted on X by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shows what Ukraine says is an injured North Korea soldier captured on the battlefield in Kursk. Credit: Screenshot ...

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 ...

It’s the ultimate homecoming photo — a smiling family rushing to reunite with a U.S. Air Force officer in 1973 who spent years as a POW in North Vietnam, his oldest daughter sprinting ahead with her ...

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 ...

Vic Alvin stood in full Native American regalia, waiting to perform for a crowd of thousands at the 46th annual Pow Wow at the Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center in Indiana Township. Alvin ...