In 1942, the taoiseach's uncle was captured by Japanese forces who occupied the island and he was sent to the notorious Changi prisoner of war camp, RTÉ reports. Mr Martin said: "I think it was ...

TAUNTON — A Taunton native has been identified as a missing prisoner of war who died during the Korean War, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. U.S. Army Private First Class ...

His immediate neighbours in Changi included Russell ... s efforts to escape from the camp towards the end of the war, using the good offices of a Korean prison guard called Kio Hara: “Kio ...

America was not officially in the war when they set off but while the ... Jack was taken to Changi prison camp in Singapore but at the beginning of 1943 he was sent to work on the Burma railway ...

The men held within the Changi prisoner of war camp in Singapore live in their own form of society under the watchful eye of Japanese soldiers. Clavell draws on his personal experience as a ...