POW/MIA /tags/pow-mia POW/MIA en-US Copyright Wed, 02 Apr 2025 14:00:03 GMT Missing since World War II, the remains of a sailor from a segregated Navy branch return home /military/2025-04-02/missing-sailor-neil-frye-wwii-navy-segregation Neil Frye, who was 20 years old when he was killed, was a mess attendant on the USS West Virginia when it was attacked at Pearl Harbor. Wed, 02 Apr 2025 14:00:03 GMT /military/2025-04-02/missing-sailor-neil-frye-wwii-navy-segregation Jay Price Missing since World War II, the remains of a sailor from a segregated Navy branch return home /2025-04-01/missing-sailor-neil-frye-world-war-ii-navy-segregation Neil Frye, who was 20 years old when he was killed, was a mess attendant on the USS West Virginia when it was attacked at Pearl Harbor. Tue, 01 Apr 2025 20:03:12 GMT /2025-04-01/missing-sailor-neil-frye-world-war-ii-navy-segregation Jay Price When troops' remains are identified from long-ago wars, it's getting harder to find family members /military/2024-05-23/army-troops-remains-war-find-family-members Scientific advances have allowed the Army to identify about 200 sets of remains each year, dating back to World War II. But the passage of time has complicated the process of finding families to accept the remains. Thu, 23 May 2024 20:05:50 GMT /military/2024-05-23/army-troops-remains-war-find-family-members Jay Price American Veteran: She joined the Army to learn to cook. She ended up a prisoner of war /military/2021-10-28/american-veteran-she-joined-the-army-to-learn-to-cook-she-ended-up-a-prisoner-of-war Army Specialist Shoshana Johnson was traveling in a convoy in Iraq in 2003 when her vehicle was attacked. Iraqi forces killed 11 soldiers in her company and captured six, including Johnson. She was held for 22 days, becoming the first Black female prisoner of war in American history. Thu, 28 Oct 2021 11:02:31 GMT /military/2021-10-28/american-veteran-she-joined-the-army-to-learn-to-cook-she-ended-up-a-prisoner-of-war Elizabeth Friend After Generations Of Grief And Frustration, Families Of Korean War MIAs Are More Optimistic /military/2018-08-27/after-generations-of-grief-and-frustration-families-of-korean-war-mias-are-more-optimistic Families hope advances in DNA technology and thawing U.S./North Korean relations will help the government recover and identify long-missing remains of… Mon, 27 Aug 2018 14:24:07 GMT /military/2018-08-27/after-generations-of-grief-and-frustration-families-of-korean-war-mias-are-more-optimistic Jay Price 50 Years After Vietnam, POW/MIA Movement Counts Its Successes - One At A Time /military/2017-09-28/50-years-after-vietnam-pow-mia-movement-counts-its-successes-one-at-a-time In the Vietnam War era, Americans became more interested in recovering missing troops -- largely because of the activism of some military families.In the… Thu, 28 Sep 2017 11:30:00 GMT /military/2017-09-28/50-years-after-vietnam-pow-mia-movement-counts-its-successes-one-at-a-time Jay Price