'Nobody else knew': Allied prisoners of war held in Taiwan

Michael Hurst (R), founder and director of the Taiwan Prisoners of War (POW) Camps Memorial Society, leads a tour and introduces a map of POW camps around Taiwan at Taiwan POW Memorial and Peace Park, in New Taipei City on July 31, 2025 In a small urban park in Taiwan, more than 4,000 names are etched into a granite wall -- most of them British and American servicemen held by the Japanese during World War II. (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP)