They were held as prisoners of war. What that entailed depended upon the "enemy" who caught them. In Britain we often made prisoners of war work, but on the whole we treated them fairly well. In Japan many prisoners were treated extremely badly and were frequently tortured.
543 American service women died in World War 2 .
This was only done at the Auschwitz group of camps. The records of numbers and names still exist.
Prisoners of war, children, and others.
They treated the US soldiers terribly.
3,023
There were 11 American prisoners of war killed by the atomic bomb.
Donald A. Lussenden has written: 'My World War II experiences' -- subject(s): American Personal narratives, Biography, German Prisoners and prisons, Oflag 64 (Concentration camp), Personal narratives, American, Prisoners and prisons, German, Prisoners of war, World War, 1939-1945
William D. Miner has written: 'Surrender on Cebu' -- subject(s): American Personal narratives, Biography, Japanese Prisoners and prisons, Prisoners of war, World War, 1939-1945 'In the shadow of the rising sun' -- subject(s): American Personal narratives, Biography, Japanese Prisoners and prisons, Prisoners of war, World War, 1939-1945
Taketoshi Yamamoto has written: 'Nihonhei horyo wa nani o shabetta ka' -- subject(s): American Prisoners and prisons, Military intelligence, Prisoners and prisons, American, Prisoners of war, World War, 1939-1945
Dorothy Still Danner has written: 'What a way to spend a war' -- subject(s): American Personal narratives, Biography, Japanese Prisoners and prisons, Nurses, Personal narratives, American, Prisoners and prisons, Japanese, Prisoners of war, World War, 1939-1945
The prisoners there are mistreated and are denied many basic rights.Even though, as war prisoners and not American citizens, they shouldn't be entitled to these rights.
William H. McDougall has written: 'If I get out alive' -- subject(s): American Personal narratives, Correspondence, Diaries, Japanese Prisoners and prisons, Prisoners of war, Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945, World War, 1939-1945 'By eastern windows' -- subject(s): American Personal narratives, Japanese Prisoners and prisons, World War, 1939-1945
3647 were taken as prisoners of war.
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James Bacque has written: 'Other losses' -- subject(s): Prisoners of war, French Prisoners and prisons, World War, 1939-1945, American Prisoners and prisons, Casualties, History 'Dear enemy' -- subject(s): World War, 1939-1945, Prisoners of war, Prisoners and prisons, Atrocities, History 'The Queen comes to Minnicog' 'A man of talent' 'Big lonely' 'The lonely ones'
The Bataan Death March was a war crime involving the forcible transfer of prisoners of war, with wide-ranging abuse and high fatalities, by Japanese forces in the Philippines, in 1942, during World War II. In Japanese, it is known as Batān Shi no Kōshin meaning the same. apex many American prisoners were killed.