World War II and Korean War Ex-Prisoners of War tell their stores of capture, imprisonment and liberation.

History from the mouths of those who lived it.

“I worked in a factory until the Russians and the US liberated me.” ~ Billy Templeton, US Army Air Corps, WWII  — Pacific Theater

“I can never forget the faces of my buddies I had to watch die such horrid deaths.  They were my age...and I wonder what their lives would have been like.” ~ Albert Rapp, WWII — European Theater

“I was so sick that I didn’t care where I slept.” ~ Frank “Joey” Mattivi, US Army, WWII — European Theater

“Most of us got sick with dysentery, beriberi malaria, malnutrition, etc.  We did not have water to bathe ourselves for the duration of our incarceration.” ~ Federico N. “Fred” Madayag, US Army, WWII — Pacific Theater.

“When you would take a shell, you could feel it.  The
ship would lunge.  We took torpedo after torpedo.” ~ Basil Bunyard, US Navy, WWII — Pacific Theater