At the close of World War II, there were at least an estimated 110,000 American prisoners of war under German or Japanese control.

Some of their stories will come to life Friday at 7 p.m. during the documentary program, “Never the Same-The Prisoner of War Experience,” at the Southern Heritage Air Foundation in Mound.

The program, narrated by actor Loretta Swit, provides an intimate and moving portrait of American prisoners of war held by the Japanese and looks at how they survived the brutal treatment of their captors.

“The documentary is produced by Jan Thompson, whose father was a Bataan Death March Survivor,” said Southern Heritage Air Foundation president Patty Mekus. “She started doing research on the Death March. This documentary took 20 years to make and runs 85 minute.”

She said Thompson and Swit co-authored a book with Death March survivor Robert Erhardt, titled, “Humor Through Hell,” a cartoon record of his time as a POW. Swit wrote the forward for the book, which will be available at the program and autographed by Swit and Thompson.

She said Thompson and Swit, who is best known as Maj. Margaret Houlihan in the television series M*A*S*H, will be present while the documentary is being shown.

“She will sit down with the POWs for a question-and-answer session after the documentary,” Mekus said. “We have Erwin Johnson from Lacombe, La., who was captured in the Philippines by the Japanese and spent 3 1/2 years in a prisoner of war camp in Mukden (China).”

Besides Johnson, Swit and Thompson, she said, other area World War II veterans will also attend the event, which will be held in the foundation’s hangar.

Admission to “Never the Same” is $100, and tickets are available at the Vicksburg Warren Chamber of Commerce, the Southern Heritage Air Foundation and Delta Bank in Tallulah, La. The program includes dinner and the documentary. All proceeds go to support the foundation.