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A '''Prisoner of War''' (POW) is a soldier captured by the other side and held as a prisoner, often for the purposes of interrogation or for a trade in prisoners.
A '''Prisoner of War''' (POW) is a [[soldier]] captured by an enemy [[military]] force during the course of [[war]], and held as a prisoner, often for the purposes of interrogation, ransom, or for a trade in prisoners.<ref>Lewis, George C. and Mewha, John , History of prisoner of war utilization by the United States Army, 1776-1945; Dept. of the Army, 1955.</ref>
International agreements have attempted to prohibit mistreatment of POWs, but have only had limited success.
International agreements have attempted to prohibit mistreatment of POWs, but have been met with limited success due to lack of treaty ratification, [[paramilitary]] forces, and lack of treaty compliance.
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==Notable POWs==
*[[Winston Churchill]] ([[Boer War]])
*[[Jeremiah Denton]]
*[[Tom Greenway]]
*[[Stanley Jaworski]]
*[[Grady Kelley, Jr.]]
*[[Jessica Lynch]]
*[[John McCain]]
*[[Francois Mitterrand]]
*[[John Rarick]]
*[[James N. Rowe]]
*[[Jean-Paul Sartre]]
*[[Wilburn Snyder]]
*[[James Stockdale]]
*[[Kurt Vonnegut]]
*[[William Stewart Walker]]
*[[D. C. Wimberly]]
==References==
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[[Category:Prisoners of war]]