Captured: Axis Prisoners of War in Pennsylvania

Posted by on Feb 24, 2025 in | Comments Off on Captured: Axis Prisoners of War in Pennsylvania During World War II, the United States government built the largest, most complex prisoner of war program in American history. By 1944 more than 425,000 Axis prisoners of war (POWs) lived in hundreds of camps across the U.S. The Office of the Provost Marshal General (OPMG), the War Department agency in charge of the prisoner of war program, authorized the use of German, Italian and Japanese POWs...
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In the Public’s Best Interest

Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on In the Public’s Best Interest Edward Martin distin­guished himself as soldier, governor, senator and, above all, as honored citizen of the Ten Mile area in Pennsylvania, the small rural community in which he was born. His full and varied life had led him from the front lines of battle to the diplomatic circles of the nation’s capitol. The people whose lives he touched knew him as a dignified, loyal and honest...
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Trainloads of Goodwill and Gratitude

Posted by on Nov 25, 2013 in | Comments Off on Trainloads of Goodwill and Gratitude Pittsburghers, on the evening of Saturday, November 15, 1947, witnessed a ceremony at the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) Station that marked the beginning of an extraordinary occurrence: the journey of a Friendship Train across the Keystone State. By the time it reached Philadelphia, three days and seven stops later, the train hauled an additional fifty-one cavernous boxcars packed to capacity with...
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