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  • noun Plural form of POW.

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Examples

  • - In the Southern War Zone (from Central VN to the tip of Ca Mau) in charge of the POWs is the Office of Enemy Proselyting for the south

    I80002.OH 07/14/96 1996

  • No one by that name (Robert E. Dolan) was ever with us, the surviving 660 military POWs from the Vietnam War.

    Robert Edward Dolan 2010

  • At this time some 240 POWs from the second hold on the Enoura Maru were moved up into the first hold to join the men from the Brazil Maru who had been put there.

    The Story of the Taiwan POW's 2009

  • Some of its first occupants were American POWs from the Philippines, and the most noted were the top US Army officers who had been captured after the surrender of Bataan and Corregidor.

    The Story of the Taiwan POW's 2009

  • Admittedly, this war has made even the most patriotic of Englishmen look upon their governments movements with a more questioning eye than before, but the distorted views held by some POWs is attributable only to the unnatural existence of a man behind barbed wire.

    Thomas Hawksworth 2010

  • Had they been treated as POWs from the first, this would be a much less complex issue.

    Discourse.net: Constitution to Remain Suspended -- Official 2010

  • They note that such display by non-POWs is a violation of U.S. Title Code 18.

    Heroes or Villains? 2010

  • I think eulogies for a bogus POWs is an insult and disservice to true former POWs and all honest military personnel.

    Heroes or Villains? 2010

  • There are only 661 officially recognized U.S. POWs from the Vietnam period.

    Media Coverage aPRIL 2009 2010

  • In the post-World War II Cold War, the number of POWs is classified, but 343 are still listed as missing.

    Heroes or Villains? 2010

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