Kane’s Johnson remembered on POW/MIA Recognition Day

Sept. 15 is this year’s POW/MIA Recognition Day, celebrated each year on the third Friday of September. To learn more about the prisoners of war and those missing in action from McKean County, visit the website jfgvictoryverlag.com, which is the work of Joel Gilfert, local military historian. The site has a list of 96... read full story

"Imperial Japanese guards opened fire on the prisoners using captured Thompson submachine guns. Over 100 men were able to fight their way through the guards and abandon ship. Fifteen to twenty were recaptured by torpedo boats and executed as punishment,"