prisoner of war
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Donnie MacRae died in a prisoner of war hospital in1941, after being captured while fighting in France.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
The violin in Baerwald’s hands was the one his German-Jewish grandfather played as a Japanese prisoner of war in the Bandō camp at Tokushima during World War I. “It’s a very serviceable violin,” Baerwald notes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
The bigtime journalist Tyler, it seems, is in Khartoum, awaiting an interview with a Sudanese prisoner of war, part of his research for a new book.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
They ended with no breakthrough - although the first prisoner of war exchanges in months took place shortly after.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
“I don’t know, Willie, that sounds like something out of the sixties, know what I’m sayin’? Something about declaring war on poverty and Spanish Harlem being a prisoner of war.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
