 Pittsfield Remembers POW/MIA ServicemembersLocal veterans gathered on Friday to honor prisoners of war and service members missing in action, and to underscore efforts to unite them with descendants.  North Adams' Bernard Calvi Honored for Making the Ultimate SacrificeCalvi received the Rite of Christian Burial 82 years after he was buried in a mass grave in the Philippines' Cabanatuan Prison Camp after the forces of Imperial Japan overran the island nation in 1942.  WWII Soldier Coming Home FridayA World War II hero will be returning to the Berkshires on Friday night, 82 years after he died as a prisoner of war in the Philippines. |
