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Vietnamese workers perform excavation operations as

Vietnamese workers perform excavation operations as

Vietnamese workers perform excavation operations as part of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency recovery mission in Thanh Hoa, Vietnam, Nov. 13.The mission of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency is to provide... More

Retired Lt. Col. Richard “Gene” Smith, former 50th

Retired Lt. Col. Richard “Gene” Smith, former 50th

Retired Lt. Col. Richard “Gene” Smith, former 50th Flying Training Squadron Commander, shows Courtney Cox, editor of Town and Gown magazine, documents and photos of when he was a prisoner of war, Oct. 17, 2017,... More

An A-10 Thunderbolt II assigned to the 86th Weapons

An A-10 Thunderbolt II assigned to the 86th Weapons

An A-10 Thunderbolt II assigned to the 86th Weapons Squadron prepares to launch with the help of its Maintenance First Support Service team at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., June 21, 2019. Pilots assigned to the ... More

The Marine Aircraft Group 12 color guard marches on

The Marine Aircraft Group 12 color guard marches on

The Marine Aircraft Group 12 color guard marches on the colors during National Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Recognition Day at the Vietnam Memorial here Sept. 21, 2012. National POW/MIA Recognition Day... More

Phillipe Ritter, son of recently accounted for George

Phillipe Ritter, son of recently accounted for George

Phillipe Ritter, son of recently accounted for George L. Ritter, shows his father’s hat at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) facility on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Nov. 19, 2019. Ritter ... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Larry Black, a service member attached

U.S. Army Sgt. Larry Black, a service member attached

U.S. Army Sgt. Larry Black, a service member attached to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), carries the urn of Edward Weissenback, a recently recovered Air America crewman, followed by his family dur... More

A member of the joint services color guard holds a state flag and a veteran holds the POW-MIA flag during the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

A member of the joint services color guard holds a state flag and a ve...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Mickey Sanborn Release Status: Releas... More

Veterans display an American flag and a POW-MIA flag during the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Veterans display an American flag and a POW-MIA flag during the dedica...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Mickey Sanborn Release Status: Releas... More

A joint services color guard displays state flags during the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Veterans display an American flag and a POW-MIA flag at the base of the memorial

A joint services color guard displays state flags during the dedicatio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Mickey Sanborn Release Status: Releas... More

A member of the Golden Knights Army parachute team descends during a demonstration at a Department of Defense Joint Services Open House. He is trailing the POW-MIA flag as a salute to servicemen still missing in action in Southeast Asia

A member of the Golden Knights Army parachute team descends during a d...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery Release Status: Rel... More

The POW-MIA flag flies alongside the American flag aboard the guided missile frigate USS MCCLUSKY (FFG-41) as the ship is underway on POW-MIA Recognition Day. The MCCLUSKY and the high endurance cutter USCGC CHASE (WHEC-718) are underway en route to Vladivostok, Russia for a port call

The POW-MIA flag flies alongside the American flag aboard the guided m...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Sea Of Japan Scene Camera Operator: CDR Alan Dooley Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Dr. Sheila Widnall, Secretary of the Air Force, gives a speech at the POW-MIA ceremony at the base chapel

Dr. Sheila Widnall, Secretary of the Air Force, gives a speech at the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cannon Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Ken Muzny Release Status: Rele... More

The family of Marine Pvt. Harry K. Tye, 21, of Orinoco,

The family of Marine Pvt. Harry K. Tye, 21, of Orinoco,

The family of Marine Pvt. Harry K. Tye, 21, of Orinoco, Kentucky, attend Tye's funeral, March 28, 2017, in Arlington National Cemetery, near Washington, D.C. In November 1943, Tye was assigned to Company E, 2nd... More

Marine Corps 2nd Lt. George S. Bussa, 29, of Chicago,

Marine Corps 2nd Lt. George S. Bussa, 29, of Chicago,

Marine Corps 2nd Lt. George S. Bussa, 29, of Chicago, was buried October 10, 2017, in Arlington National Cemetery, near Washington, D.C. In November 1943, Bussa was assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 8th Mar... More

Marines from the Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C.

Marines from the Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C.

Marines from the Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C. (8th and I) participate in the full honors funeral of U.S. Marine Corps Pvt. Archie Newell in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Dec. 8... More

Marines with Marine Corps Barracks (8th & I) carry

Marines with Marine Corps Barracks (8th & I) carry

Marines with Marine Corps Barracks (8th & I) carry the casket of Marine Corps Cpl. Anthony G. Guerriero, at Arlington National Cemetery, near Washington, D.C., Nov. 14, 2017. Guerriero, 22, of Boston, and acco... More

Bringing our heroes home

Bringing our heroes home

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kurt Legnon screens dirt for possible remains or material evidence on a dry-screening station during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency mission. Legnon was assigned as a recovery noncommis... More

Marines from Marine Corps Barracks 8th & I escort the

Marines from Marine Corps Barracks 8th & I escort the

Marines from Marine Corps Barracks 8th & I escort the remains of Marine Corps Pfc. Harold V. Thomas, 21, of Columbus, Ohio, during Thomas’ funeral, May 7, 2017. Thomas, who was accounted for on Nov. 7, 2016. ... More

A ceremony is conducted to reinter Navy Seaman 1st

A ceremony is conducted to reinter Navy Seaman 1st

A ceremony is conducted to reinter Navy Seaman 1st Class Murry R. Cargile at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, HI, April 7, 2017. Seaman 1st Cargile was killed in action, December 7, 1941... More

Natalie Hilberg, next-of-kin of U.S. Navy Radioman

Natalie Hilberg, next-of-kin of U.S. Navy Radioman

Natalie Hilberg, next-of-kin of U.S. Navy Radioman 2nd Class Howard V. Keffer, bows her head in prayer during Keffer's funeral service at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 23... More

A U.S. Sailor assigned to Navy Region Hawaii renders

A U.S. Sailor assigned to Navy Region Hawaii renders

A U.S. Sailor assigned to Navy Region Hawaii renders honors during a funeral for U.S. Navy Seaman Apprentice Hubert P. Hall at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, March 17, 2020. Hall was a... More

U.S. Sailors assigned to Navy Region Hawaii conduct

U.S. Sailors assigned to Navy Region Hawaii conduct

U.S. Sailors assigned to Navy Region Hawaii conduct a funeral for U.S. Navy Watertender 1st Class Edwin McCabe, of Newport, North Carolina, at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, Se... More

The family of Radioman 3rd Class Jack Goldwater watch

The family of Radioman 3rd Class Jack Goldwater watch

The family of Radioman 3rd Class Jack Goldwater watch as the Pearl Harbor tide takes his cremains at the USS Utah Memorial, Ford Island, Hawaii, Jun. 7, 2019. Goldwater was assigned to the USS Oklahoma which su... More

Sailors assigned to Navy Region Hawaii fold the American

Sailors assigned to Navy Region Hawaii fold the American

Sailors assigned to Navy Region Hawaii fold the American flag over the remains of U.S. Musician 1st Class Henri Clay Mason at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 28, 2019. Mason... More

Navy Fireman 3rd Class John H. Lindsley, 22, born in

Navy Fireman 3rd Class John H. Lindsley, 22, born in

Navy Fireman 3rd Class John H. Lindsley, 22, born in the Philippines and raised in Waukegan, Illinois, accounted for on Dec. 18, 2015, was buried Oct. 25, 2016, in Arlington National Cemetery, near Washington, ... More

Olivia Aviles, from Murrieta, Calif., visits residents

Olivia Aviles, from Murrieta, Calif., visits residents

Olivia Aviles, from Murrieta, Calif., visits residents of the Virginia Veteran’s Care Center in Salem, Va., with other members of Run For The Wall 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Tyson Friar, 16th Mobile Public... More

Navy Pharmacist’s Mate 3rd Class Howard P. Brisbane,

Navy Pharmacist’s Mate 3rd Class Howard P. Brisbane,

Navy Pharmacist’s Mate 3rd Class Howard P. Brisbane, 21, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was buried June 9, 2017, in Arlington National Cemetery, near Washington, D.C. In November 1943, Brisbane was assigned to Head... More

At the final destination of Run For The Wall 2015,

At the final destination of Run For The Wall 2015,

At the final destination of Run For The Wall 2015, riders remember the family, friends and service members honored at the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial. Run For The Wall is an annual motorcycle ride event from Ont... More

Machinist's Mate 1st Class Earl R. Melton, 24, of Lakewood,

Machinist's Mate 1st Class Earl R. Melton, 24, of Lakewood,

Machinist's Mate 1st Class Earl R. Melton, 24, of Lakewood, New Jersey, was laid to rest June 28, 2017, in Arlington National Cemetery, near Washington, D.C. On Dec. 7, 1941, Melton was assigned to the USS Okla... More

The remains of U.S. Marine Corps Pvt. John M. Tillman

The remains of U.S. Marine Corps Pvt. John M. Tillman

The remains of U.S. Marine Corps Pvt. John M. Tillman lay in a casket draped with the American colors during a burial service at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, April 6, 2018. Tillman w... More

An honor guard detail, comprised of U.S. Sailors assigned

An honor guard detail, comprised of U.S. Sailors assigned

An honor guard detail, comprised of U.S. Sailors assigned to Navy Region Hawaii, march to postion for a rifle salute at the funeral of U.S. Navy Machinist's Mate 1st Class Arthur Glenn at the National Memorial ... More

U.S. Sailors assigned to Navy Region Hawaii fold the

U.S. Sailors assigned to Navy Region Hawaii fold the

U.S. Sailors assigned to Navy Region Hawaii fold the U.S. flag during a funeral for U.S Navy Fireman 1st Class Leonard R. Geller, 21, of Garber, Oklahoma, at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honol... More

Members of the U.S. Marine Corps participate in the

Members of the U.S. Marine Corps participate in the

Members of the U.S. Marine Corps participate in the graveside service for U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Anthony Brozyna in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, Aug. 31, 2016, in Arlington, Va. Brozyna, of Hartfo... More

Soldiers with the 3rd Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard)

Soldiers with the 3rd Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard)

Soldiers with the 3rd Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) escort the remains of Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Donald E. Underwood, 23, of River Rouge, Michigan, during his funeral at Arlington National Cemetery, near W... More

Sailors assigned to Navy Region Hawaii render military

Sailors assigned to Navy Region Hawaii render military

Sailors assigned to Navy Region Hawaii render military honors at a funeral for U.S. Navy Watertender 1st Class Edwin McCabe at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, Sept. 25 2019. Mor... More

Marines with Marine Corps Barracks 8th and I carry

Marines with Marine Corps Barracks 8th and I carry

Marines with Marine Corps Barracks 8th and I carry the remains of Marine Corps Cpl. John V. McNichol, 20, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, accounted for on Sept. 25, 2017, during his funeral May 14, in Arlington Natio... More

U.S. Navy honor guardsmen assigned to Navy Region Hawaii

U.S. Navy honor guardsmen assigned to Navy Region Hawaii

U.S. Navy honor guardsmen assigned to Navy Region Hawaii stand at parade rest during the funeral of Machinist's Mate 1st Class Arthur Glenn at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, Au... More

Members of the U.S. Marines, from Marine Barracks

Members of the U.S. Marines, from Marine Barracks

Members of the U.S. Marines, from Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Army Caisson Platoon, part of the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, take part in the graveside service for Marine Pvt. Harry K. Tye at A... More

Members of the installation attend the POW/MIA Candle

Members of the installation attend the POW/MIA Candle

Members of the installation attend the POW/MIA Candle Light Vigil Sept. 19, 2019, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. During the event, the members stood in silence as guest speaker, Elizabeth Lucero-Mason, sh... More

Soldiers with the 3rd Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard),

Soldiers with the 3rd Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard),

Soldiers with the 3rd Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), escort the remains of Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Robert E. Moessner, 24, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, during his funeral April 5, 2017, in Arlington National ... More

A Joint Service Color Guard presents the Flags during a Prisoner of War/Mission in Action (POW MIA) Ceremony, held at Park, Darling Hall, Fort Gordon, GA

A Joint Service Color Guard presents the Flags during a Prisoner of Wa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Gillem State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: TRADOC Scene Camera Operator: Jimmy Buffingto... More

US Army (USA) Major General (MGEN) Pat Cavanaugh (left), Commander, Fort Gordon, an unidentified USA Private and Command Sergeant Major (CSM) Stanley M. Davis, place a flower wreath in front of a Memorial at the Prisoner of War/Mission in Action (POW MIA) Park, Darling Hall, Fort Gordon, GA

US Army (USA) Major General (MGEN) Pat Cavanaugh (left), Commander, Fo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Gordon State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: TRADOC Scene Camera Operator: Jimmy Buffingto... More

Flower wreaths and a wooden cross are placed in front a Memorial at the Prisoner of War/Mission in Action (POW MIA) Park, Darling Hall, Fort Gordon, GA. A Joint Service Color Guard stands in the background

Flower wreaths and a wooden cross are placed in front a Memorial at th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Gillem State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: TRADOC Scene Camera Operator: Jimmy Buffingto... More

Poster art created for a ceremony held at Headquarters US Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) for POW-MIA Recognition Day. Created by Felix Peguero-Luna, CIV, USA

Poster art created for a ceremony held at Headquarters US Southern Com...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Miami State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Southeast Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release S... More

Members of the local media photograph Royal Air Force (RAF) Squadron Leader (SQ LDR) Michael Turner (left), Commander, RAF Lakenheath, and US Air Force (USAF) Brigadier General (BGEN) Mark T. Matthews, Commander, 48th Fighter Wing (FW), RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK), as they kneel at the marker for POW-MIA with flowers placed there during a ceremony held in remembrance of the tragic events of September 11, 2001. A chapel service and the ceremony were held to mourn the victims of the worst attack by foreign terrorist against the United States to date

Members of the local media photograph Royal Air Force (RAF) Squadron L...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Lakenheath State: Suffolk Country: United Kingdom (GBR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Tony R. Tolley, USAF R... More

Members of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing pay tribute

Members of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing pay tribute

Members of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing pay tribute to all veterans by running with a prisoner of war/missing in action flag, Nov. 11, 2008. The 380th is celebrating Veterans Day with a 24 hour memorial run... More

Hawaii - JPAC operations

Hawaii - JPAC operations

Gunnery Sgt. Bryon Bebout, assigned to the Joint Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Command (JPAC), observes wreckage from a B-24 Liberator aircraft during excavation operations in Madang Province. Be... More

Transfer cases of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command

Transfer cases of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command

Transfer cases of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command containing remains recovered from Vietnam, sit on a C-17 Globemaster III at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii on January 22, 2010. The ceremony was for U.S. Se... More

Jerry Wolf, a World War II Army Air Corps pilot and

Jerry Wolf, a World War II Army Air Corps pilot and

Jerry Wolf, a World War II Army Air Corps pilot and former prisoner of war, shares his story following a Pentagon ceremony Sept. 15, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Officials dedicated a Pentagon corridor t... More

POW/MIA Recognition Day

POW/MIA Recognition Day

A table for the Missing Man sits in the Cross Hall Galley on Naval Submarine Base New London in observation of POW/MIA Recognition Day. The table is round, symbolizing our everlasting concern for our missing me... More

Former Prisoner of War U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer

Former Prisoner of War U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer

Former Prisoner of War U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 David S. Williams and U.S Army Command Sgt. Maj. David S. Davenport, Post Command Sergeant Major of Fort Bliss, Texas, stand shoulder to shoulder during ... More

Senior Airman Joshua Newbrey, 97th Security Forces

Senior Airman Joshua Newbrey, 97th Security Forces

Senior Airman Joshua Newbrey, 97th Security Forces stands with his K9 near the rear of a Prisoners of War/Missing in Action ceremony formation Sept. 17. The POW/MIA ceremony is held annually to remember those w... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Saramarie Mason, a steel worker

Petty Officer 2nd Class Saramarie Mason, a steel worker

Petty Officer 2nd Class Saramarie Mason, a steel worker assigned to NMCB-18, speaks to her fellow sailors and Marines with Regimental Combat Team 2 about her grandfather, Clyde Vaughan Mason, who was a prisoner... More

Army Sgt. Ralph Carlson, second left, is photographed

Army Sgt. Ralph Carlson, second left, is photographed

Army Sgt. Ralph Carlson, second left, is photographed with members of his platoon during the Korean War. (Photo/Linda Wescott)

The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command hosts an arrival

The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command hosts an arrival

The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command hosts an arrival ceremony to honor fallen U.S. personnel whose identifies remain unknown. The remains receiving full military honors represent losses associated with the Vie... More

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - JPAC arrival ceremony

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - JPAC arrival ceremony

A joint service color guard from the U.S. Pacific Command stands at ease before a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command arrival ceremony held to honor fallen U.S. personnel whose identifies remain unknown. The remai... More

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - JPAC arrival ceremony

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - JPAC arrival ceremony

A joint service Color Guard from the U.S. Pacific Command stand at ease before a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command Arrival Ceremony held to honor fallen U.S. personnel whose identifies remain unknown. The remain... More

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - JPAC Arrival Ceremony

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - JPAC Arrival Ceremony

Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Joshua Torres of the Marine Forces Pacific band plays Taps as troops render honors to the fallen during an Arrival Ceremony hosted by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command for U.S. person... More

Airmen from the RAF Mildenhall Honor Guard place an

Airmen from the RAF Mildenhall Honor Guard place an

Airmen from the RAF Mildenhall Honor Guard place an empty chair against a Prisoner of War/Missing in Action table during the POW/MIA Remembrance Luncheon here Sept. 14, 2011. The table, set for one, symbolizes ... More

Combat boots are placed in formation, representing

Combat boots are placed in formation, representing

Combat boots are placed in formation, representing American prisoners of war and missing in action here, Sept. 15, 2011. This week is POW/MIA Remembrance week a time for our nation to remember and pay respect t... More

Col. David P. Olszowy, commanding officer of III Marine

Col. David P. Olszowy, commanding officer of III Marine

Col. David P. Olszowy, commanding officer of III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF, and Camp Hansen commander, addresses participants before the start of the POW/MIA 9/11 remembrance 5K run... More

Members of the Wolf Pack salute during the playing

Members of the Wolf Pack salute during the playing

Members of the Wolf Pack salute during the playing of reveille before a warrior run here Sept. 16. The warrior run was one event held to remember the prisoners of warrior and missing in action service members b... More

A member of the Wolf Pack stands in line to receive

A member of the Wolf Pack stands in line to receive

A member of the Wolf Pack stands in line to receive his wristband during the Kunsan 2011 combat dining-in here Sept. 17. The combat dining-in is a tradition in all branches of the United States Armed services. ... More

The eternal flame remains lit as U.S. Air Force Staff

The eternal flame remains lit as U.S. Air Force Staff

The eternal flame remains lit as U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Rodriguez, 49th Materiel Maintenance Group, stands at attention in front of the Prisoners of War/Missing in Action Memorial at Heritage Park Sep... More

Recovery Leader Kelley Esh and Petty Officer 2nd Class

Recovery Leader Kelley Esh and Petty Officer 2nd Class

Recovery Leader Kelley Esh and Petty Officer 2nd Class Lora Jones (right) carefully sift through recovered evidence for clues that could possibly identify seven airmen still unaccounted-for from the Vietnam war... More

A Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command recovery team outlines

A Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command recovery team outlines

A Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command recovery team outlines an excavated crash site with white engineer tape in preparation to take final site photos. The specialized 9-man team conducted operations on site for 3... More

U.S. Navy Senior Chief Jeff Cavallo, team leader and

U.S. Navy Senior Chief Jeff Cavallo, team leader and

U.S. Navy Senior Chief Jeff Cavallo, team leader and medic on a specialized recovery team builds a wall of sandbags with Petty Officer 2nd Class Zachary Eldred in Binh Dinh province, Vietnam, March 9, 2012. Cav... More

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Detachment

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Detachment

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Detachment 3 commander Lt. Col. Roy K. Horykawa, shakes hands with a Lao government official during a repatriation ceremony in Vientiane, Laos, Dec. 10, 2018. The mi... More

Never forget: It's more than a black flag

Never forget: It's more than a black flag

The Prisoner-of-War, Missing-in-Action flag symbolizes our promise to the more than 88,000 Americans who still remain missing since World War II and our collective acknowledgement of the brave men and women tak... More

Reggie Salisbury, 87-year-old Army veteran, and member

Reggie Salisbury, 87-year-old Army veteran, and member

Reggie Salisbury, 87-year-old Army veteran, and member of the American Ex-Prisoners of War – Lowcountry Chapter, displays medals he received during World War II, including the Prisoner of War and World War II V... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Sebastian Morales, Eielson

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Sebastian Morales, Eielson

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Sebastian Morales, Eielson Air Force Base honor guard member, plays taps during a POW/MIA retreat ceremony Sept. 14, 2012, Eielson AFB, Alaska. Taps is generally played as the last ... More

Never forget: American POW tells story, unyielding in the face of death

Never forget: American POW tells story, unyielding in the face of deat...

Rut Murray, 87-year-old World War II veteran and ex-prisoner of war, explains the meaning behind the various patches and buttons on his Ex-American Prisoner of War – Lowcountry Chapter jacket at his home in Sai... More

Col. Matthew Cox, 48th Maintenance Group commander,

Col. Matthew Cox, 48th Maintenance Group commander,

Col. Matthew Cox, 48th Maintenance Group commander, RAF Lakenheath, addresses participants of the joint RAF Mildenhall and RAF Lakenheath Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally Sept. 18, 2012, prior to their departur... More

U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Earon Brown, 20th Fighter Wing

U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Earon Brown, 20th Fighter Wing

U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Earon Brown, 20th Fighter Wing Public Affairs operations officer, leads a group of 20th Comptroller Squadron airmen as he carries the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action flag during a POW/M... More

24-hour vigil begins, honors POW/MIA

24-hour vigil begins, honors POW/MIA

Col. Kyle Voigt, 100th Air Refueling Wing vice commander, stands at parade rest in front of the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action memorial while participating in a 24-hour vigil Sept. 20, 2012 at RAF Mildenhall... More

Col. Al Miller, 437th Airlift Wing vice commander,

Col. Al Miller, 437th Airlift Wing vice commander,

Col. Al Miller, 437th Airlift Wing vice commander, provides opening remarks during the opening ceremony of the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Run Sept. 20, 2012, at Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C. Dif... More

Jim Ashley, World War II prisoner of war, places his

Jim Ashley, World War II prisoner of war, places his

Jim Ashley, World War II prisoner of war, places his hand over his heart through the colors presentation during the POW-MIA ceremony at Langley Air Force Base, Va., Sept. 21, 2012. The U.S. Congress passed a re... More

Veterans and Air Force Brig. Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach,

Veterans and Air Force Brig. Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach,

Veterans and Air Force Brig. Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach, right, render salutes after presenting a wreath donated by Veterans of Foreign War Post 9723 for the National prisoner of war and missing in action Recogni... More

Team Mildenhall airmen stand at parade rest while waiting

Team Mildenhall airmen stand at parade rest while waiting

Team Mildenhall airmen stand at parade rest while waiting for retreat to sound during a retreat ceremony for Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Remembrance week, Sept. 21, 2012, at RAF Mildenhall. POW/MIA week i... More

Tommy Tanaka (right), an Army veteran wounded in the

Tommy Tanaka (right), an Army veteran wounded in the

Tommy Tanaka (right), an Army veteran wounded in the Vietnam War, from Honolulu, converses with fellow wounded Army veteran Reinaldo Espada before a National Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Recognition Da... More

Altus AFB Honor Guard members raise the U.S. flag during

Altus AFB Honor Guard members raise the U.S. flag during

Altus AFB Honor Guard members raise the U.S. flag during a remembrance ceremony at the Jackson County Courthouse, Sept. 21. The ceremony was held to honor America’s prisoners of war and those missing in action.... More

Col. Richard McComb, Joint Base Charleston commander,

Col. Richard McComb, Joint Base Charleston commander,

Col. Richard McComb, Joint Base Charleston commander, and 89-year old Paul Hollen Army Air Corps veteran and World War II prisoner of war, pay their respects during the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Retreat... More

Wreaths Across America, Colorado Springs

Wreaths Across America, Colorado Springs

Airmen from across the U.S. Air Force Academy laid wreaths down at the Academy cemetery, Dec. 11, 2012, as part of the Wreaths Across America campaign. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kristin Hatfield)

NAF Misawa Sailor of the Year Banquet

NAF Misawa Sailor of the Year Banquet

Chief Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Andrew Thomasson, originally from Wichita, Kan., stands by to present the items on the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) table at the Naval Air Facility Mis... More

XIENLU, THE LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (Mar.

XIENLU, THE LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (Mar.

XIENLU, THE LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (Mar. 12, 2013) Children from the local village crouch under the helicopter used by an investigation team from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC). JPAC’s m... More

Two former POWs visit wounded warriors, share stories of resilience, hope

Two former POWs visit wounded warriors, share stories of resilience, h...

Retired Navy Capt. Gerald Coffee re-enacts a time when he taught a new prisoner how to communicate via tapcode while visiting Wounded Warrior Battalion West — Detachment Hawaii, March 27, 2013. Coffee, a former... More

Former prisoners of war retired U.S. Marine Corps Chief

Former prisoners of war retired U.S. Marine Corps Chief

Former prisoners of war retired U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 4 William Thomas and retired U.S. Navy Capt. Jerry Coffee place their hands over their hearts during the singing of the national anthem at... More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Mark Fogel and Capt. John Scott,

U.S. Air Force Maj. Mark Fogel and Capt. John Scott,

U.S. Air Force Maj. Mark Fogel and Capt. John Scott, both from the 560th Flying Training Squadron, raise the Prisoner of War flag at Heritage Park April 12, 2013, during the flag raising and wreath laying cerem... More

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Porter Alexander Halyburton, retired,

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Porter Alexander Halyburton, retired,

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Porter Alexander Halyburton, retired, a former prisoner of war during the Vietnam War, delivers a speech to staff, students and guests during a presentation on captivity at the U.S. Naval War Co... More

The Whiteman Honor Guard presents the colors during

The Whiteman Honor Guard presents the colors during

The Whiteman Honor Guard presents the colors during a POW/MIA remembrance ceremony Sept. 5, 2013, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. According to the Defense Prisoner of War/ Missing Personnel Office, more than 83... More

U.S. Air Force airmen assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing

U.S. Air Force airmen assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing

U.S. Air Force airmen assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing Honor Guard hold United States military Service members' hats as they surround a Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) memorial table during a candle... More

Osan honor guardsmen prepare to raise the American

Osan honor guardsmen prepare to raise the American

Osan honor guardsmen prepare to raise the American and Prisoner of War/Missing in Action flags during a reveille ceremony to kick off POW/MIA week at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 17, 2013. Every year... More

Wolf Pack honors missing, POWs

Wolf Pack honors missing, POWs

Staff Sgt. Michael Maldonado, 8th Medical Operations Squadron records and reception NCO in charge, recites the names of prisoner of war and missing in action service members at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Kore... More

Pete Wheeler, the commissioner of the Georgia Department

Pete Wheeler, the commissioner of the Georgia Department

Pete Wheeler, the commissioner of the Georgia Department of Veterans Service, speaks during the governor of Georgia's 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War ceremony at the State Capitol. Gov. Nathan Deal attended... More

U.S. Air Force Col. Sushil Ramrahka, 97th Air Mobility

U.S. Air Force Col. Sushil Ramrahka, 97th Air Mobility

U.S. Air Force Col. Sushil Ramrahka, 97th Air Mobility Wing vice commander, speaks during the third annual Prisoners of War and Missing in Action Remembrance Ceremony at the Wings of Freedom Park, Sept. 19. Nat... More

U.S. Air Force airmen assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing

U.S. Air Force airmen assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing

U.S. Air Force airmen assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing help detangle novelty dog tags before Operation Bug Out, a mock deployment for children, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., Sept. 19, 2013. Children ... More

Team Dover members participate in the annual prisoner

Team Dover members participate in the annual prisoner

Team Dover members participate in the annual prisoner of war/missing in action run and vigil ceremony Sept. 19-20 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Airmen ran for a total of 24 hours with the flags in shifts of 15 ... More

Master Sgt. Iain Morrison, 554th RED HORSE Squadron

Master Sgt. Iain Morrison, 554th RED HORSE Squadron

Master Sgt. Iain Morrison, 554th RED HORSE Squadron engineering superintendent, plays bagpipes during the National Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Recognition Day ceremony on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Se... More

Team Dover members participate in the annual prisoner

Team Dover members participate in the annual prisoner

Team Dover members participate in the annual prisoner of war/missing in action run and vigil ceremony on Sept. 19 and Sept. 20, 2013, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Active duty, Reserve, and civilian personnel p... More

Members of Rolling Thunder North Carolina Chapter 7,

Members of Rolling Thunder North Carolina Chapter 7,

Members of Rolling Thunder North Carolina Chapter 7, a non-profit organization committed to helping veterans, bow their heads during the 4th Fighter Wing Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) ceremony at ... More

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