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POWs

We Are The Mighty's collection of prisoner of war stories.

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How this Vietnam POW stayed strong during more than 6 years in captivity

By Stephen Ruiz

How a Holocaust survivor saved 40 POWs in Korea

By Stephen Ruiz

An unrepentant 95-year-old North Korean POW wants to walk back across the DMZ

By Blake Stilwell

How a soldier’s homemade US flag made it from a WWII POW camp to the Smithsonian

By Stephen Ruiz

How a sailor remembered 256 prisoners of war through song

By Blake Stilwell