His screenwriting credits include the feature film envy plus almost two hundred hours of produced television credits ranging from the hugely successful and critically acclaimed Underbelly franchise to the iconic childrenâs television program, Play School.is screenwriting credits include the feature film envy plus almost two hundred hours of produced television credits ranging from the hugely successful and critically acclaimed Underbelly franchise to the iconic childrenâs television program, Play School.
Sixteen million Americans served in World War II. Of these, over 120,000 lived out part of the war behind barbed wire. In the European theater, 93,941 Americans were held as prisoners of war (POWs). These âKriegies,â short for Kriegsgefangener (German for POW) counted the days until liberation and created dream worlds for themselves inside the camps.
The last American World War I veteran, Frank Buckles, passed away in February of 2011. As of September 30th, 2011, there are roughly 2,889,000 WWII veterans alive in the USA according to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. Worldwide, there are about 5,250,000 still around as of late 2011. The global numbers of surviving WWII veterans tend to vary, since it is difficult to tabulate exact numbers globally.