Zachary Harader was seen in a picture shared last year on social media showing him entangled in wire atop a fence.

In past wars, captured American pilots were subjected to extreme hardship and used for propaganda purposes. Today, the US Air Force is preparing its fighter pilots for similar conditions.

Standing inside Colditz Castle, we trace the escape attempts that turned a “high security” prison into a battlefield of patience and nerve. From disguises that almost worked to tunnels that took ...

Five Years to Freedom is a compact, must-read POW memoir that shows how Nick Rowe endured five years of Viet Cong captivity ...

There are incidents of Commonwealth airmen being captured after taking off from Malta, such as the case of a Vickers Wellington bomber from No. 458 Squadron RAA (Royal Australian Air Force) the crew ...

Watch recordings of recent KQED Live events. Donor-Advised Funds Support KQED by using your donor-advised fund to make a charitable gift. As all good Bay Area history nerds know, Alcatraz Prison ...

A Shasta County Jail inmate who had been taken to a hospital emergency room to get medical care ended up attacking the two correctional deputies who were guarding him and tried to escape, the Shasta ...

MOUNT PLEASANT — Few of our nation’s heroes sacrificed more for our freedom than those who were taken as prisoners of war or went missing in action. “Got a note from the draft board that when my ...

Inmates facing violent criminal charges escaped from a Louisiana jail by removing concrete blocks from a degraded part of a wall, authorities said. The escape was discovered the morning of Dec. 3 at ...

A pair of illegal immigrants tried to dodge the law by jumping into the ocean after stowing away on a barge off the coast of Puerto Rico — only to get fished out of the water by the US Coast Guard.

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — A 58-year-old man in West Valley City is facing charges for assault and attempted escape after police say he assaulted his neighbor before attempting to flee from their ...