Or the jokes at veterans' groups, or in emergency rooms, or in cop shops, or in fire departments, or in the active military. Humor is one of the most effective ways humans have of not going crazy -- which you easily could....

But speaking of POW stories -- a bunch decided to escape from a POW camp near Phoenix, Arizona. They even obtained a map of the area. One group was to do this and another that. One group noticed the blue line of the Salt River, so they made a collapsible boat, figuring they could take the Salt to the Colorado to the Bay of California, Mexico and then back to Germany.

They broke out, via tunnels, and all were recaptured within 24 hours without problems. The group with the boat was found on the bank of the Salt, staring at the dry riverbed of the very intermittent river....