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POW/ MIA Ceremony at Rock Island Arsenal honors those not who are not forgotten By Anthony R. Mayne, Public Affairs, USAG-Rock Island Arsenal Public Affairs September 26, 2013 ...
A Detroit solider who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II has been identified and recovered.
As late as 1999, for example, Civil War News castigated Rock Island as “the Andersonville of the North” thereby linking it to a notorious prison camp in Georgia.
The first time Harold Dunn met the famous general George Patton was when Patton was a major and Dunn was at training camp.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Wednesday that U.S. Army Pvt. Erwin H. Schopp, a Plymouth native who died as a prisoner of war in the Philippines during World War II, has been ...
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency released a statement Tuesday saying that U.S. Army Pvt. Harland J. Hennessey, 24, of Boonville, was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II.
For the first time, the Tri-City Jewish Center told the stories of loved ones in a 'living history' tour of Rock Island's Hebrew Cemetery.
Group concerned proposed Rock Island dispensary, truck stop could harm bald eagles Rock Island mayor says officials will reach out to group to address concerns The API failed to deliver the resource.
On Saturday and Sunday, May 1 and 2, Black Hawk State Historic Site in Rock Island will host a Homecoming Pow Wow for the Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma and the Meskwaki Nation of Tama, Iowa ...
POW/ MIA Ceremony at Rock Island Arsenal honors those not who are not forgotten By Anthony R. Mayne, Public Affairs, USAG-Rock Island Arsenal Public Affairs September 26, 2013 ...