Sally, Keep the history coming! We are grateful to those who share these. As they say "some events and stories help to put meat on the bones" . BTW, did you notice the tag line? <snip> ==== NEWGEN Mailing List ==== IF YOU FIND A HELPFUL SITE, SHARE IT WITH THE LIST Gloria http://hardincogenealogycenter.homestead.com/index.html List Owner [email protected] http://hardincogenealogycenter.homestead.com/gloriaspage.html ----- Original Message ----- From: Sally Rolls Pavia > The American POWs shuffled down a faint trail cut through the forested > mountain terrain, pushed along by swarthy men armed with rifles. Existing on > rice cakes and what little food they could glean, the ragged Americans were > about used up. But to stop was to die, so they kept moving, higher and > higher into the mountains. Vietnam? Korea? Somewhere in the Pacific in World > War II? > > > No. It was 1899, and the Americans were prisoners in a war that just barely > made the history books. > > > Want to find out more?? [might show as a 2-line URL]http://militaryhistory > about.com/library/prm/blamericanprisoner1.htm > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.431 / Virus Database: 242 - Release Date: 12/17/2002 ==== NEWGEN Mailing List ==== IF YOU FIND A HELPFUL SITE, SHARE IT WITH THE LIST .