Historical photo of Bataan Death March
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Raising the flag, US Navy Photogrpah
Deptartment of Defense Police Officer Joey Miles, right, and U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony Roman, master-at-arms (middle), raise the POW/MIA flag on POW/MIA day as Petty Officer 1st Class Renee Davi... More
Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS
Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale listen to remarks by Jack Stockdale, son of the ship’s namesake, Adm. James B. Stockdale, during a ceremony to commemorate POW/MIA Day. Adm. Stockd... More
Motorcyclists escort the last of the runners from the
Motorcyclists escort the last of the runners from the 24-hour POW/MIA run at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Sept. 20, 2013. A POW/MIA remembrance ceremony was held at Memorial Lake in honor of those Americans who h... More
Former POW shares keys to resiliency
Retired Air Force Col. Paul "P.K." Robinson speaks with members of the 50th Space Wing Sept. 13 to conclude a week long POW/MIA Remembrance week. (U.S. Air Force photo/Christopher DeWitt)
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 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
Former prisoner of war retired Royal Air Force Air
Former prisoner of war retired Royal Air Force Air Commodore Charles Clarke reads a poem to Team Mildenhall members during the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action remembrance luncheon, Sept. 18, 2013, in the Gala... More
Little Rock airmen run for POW/MIA Recognition Day
Members of the 19th Medical Group begin the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Recognition Day run Sept. 19, 2013, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. Team Little Rock airmen carried the POW/MIA flag during a 24... More
Members of the POW/MIA Vigil Run carry a flag on Joint
Members of the POW/MIA Vigil Run carry a flag on Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sept. 19, 2013. The flag remained constantly in motion during the 24-hour vigil run. National POW/MIA Remembrance Day is observed across... More
National POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony
Sailors assigned to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command conduct a National POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony at Naval Support Activity Bahrain. National POW/MIA Recognition Day is traditionally observed on the thi... More
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 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
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
Sailors from the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton 1st
Sailors from the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton 1st Class Petty Officers Association display the names and portraits of seven Navy hospital corpsmen still missing from the Vietnam War during a service of remembr... More
Team Shaw honors POW/MIA remembrance day
The Shaw Air Force Base honor guard fire off a 21-gun salute during the POW/MIA day remembrance ceremony, Sept. 20, 2013, at Shaw AFB, S.C. The event was held in honor of all the U.S. service members who have b... More
Former Iraq Campaign POW U.S. Army Spc. Shoshana Johnson
Former Iraq Campaign POW U.S. Army Spc. Shoshana Johnson is being interviewed by Navy Reserve Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adam Stapleton in the museum of the Andersonville National Historic Site aft... More
John Donaldson, right, and John Kuntze, members of
John Donaldson, right, and John Kuntze, members of the Virginia Patriot Guard salute the Flame of Hope Memorial after laying a wreath during a Prisoner of War, Missing in Action Remembrance ceremony. (U.S. Navy... More
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
Lance Cpl. Ricky Ortiz, left, a native of Grand Prairie,
Lance Cpl. Ricky Ortiz, left, a native of Grand Prairie, Texas, and warehouse clerk with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response, raises an American flag alongside airmen with the 495th Air... More
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
Retired U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Rhonda Cornum converses
Retired U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Rhonda Cornum converses with U.S. Air Force Col. Scott Gierat, 1st Fighter Wing vice commander, during the POW/MIA Luncheon at Langley Air Force Base, Va., Sept. 20, 2013. Cornum, a... More
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, left, and U.S. Army
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, left, and U.S. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, right, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, walk to a ceremony at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., Sept. 20, 2013, for prisoners o... More
From left, Carroll Knutson, Gene Ramos, Jack Leaming,
From left, Carroll Knutson, Gene Ramos, Jack Leaming, former prisoners of war, and Col. Pete Ford, 57th Adversary Tactic Group commander, render a salute during the National Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Re... More
MCB Hawaii honors National POW/MIA Day
Col. Brian P. Annichiarico, commanding officer, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, escorts Carole Hickerson to her seat after the two placed a commemorative wreath below the base flagpole during the Morning Colors Cerem... More
Pentagon remembers POW/MIA service members
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel hugs a man after the POW/MIA National Recognition Day Ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Sept. 20, 2013. (Department of Defense Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1s... More
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jeffrey Koenig, Air Force
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jeffrey Koenig, Air Force Sergeants Association Chapter 358 president, helps members of the Langley Air Force Base Honor Guard raise the POW/MIA flag over the POW/MIA Memorial at Lan... More
A Team Mildenhall airman silently stands at parade
A Team Mildenhall airman silently stands at parade rest to guard the prisoners POW/MIA monument during a vigil Sept. 20, 2013, on RAF Mildenhall, England. Airmen continually rotated reading names and standing a... More
Vietnam veterans enter Andersonville National Historic
Vietnam veterans enter Andersonville National Historic Site to recognize the sacrifice of America's POW/MIA during a service at the site. More than 200 attendees participated in the the event. (U.S. Navy photo ... More
Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Glen “Wally” Moorhead,
Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Glen “Wally” Moorhead, III and Col. Timothy D. Haugh, 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing commander, cut a ribbon at the start of a 24-hour Prisoner of War/M... More
Prisoner of war memorabilia is displayed during a POW/MIA
Prisoner of war memorabilia is displayed during a POW/MIA Remembrance Ceremony at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 18, 2015. Local Tucson POW veterans who were captured during World War II,... More
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Color Guard Soldiers
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Color Guard Soldiers stand in solemn tribute during a National POW/MIA Recognition Day service Sept. 18, 2015, on JBER. The ceremony was hosted as a reminder of the nation’s prom... More
U.S. Navy Cmdr. Mark Knollmueller, acting director
U.S. Navy Cmdr. Mark Knollmueller, acting director of policy and plans at Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., gives remarks at the start of Arlington National Cemetery’s Histor... More
Recovery team members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA
Recovery team members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, (DPAA) operate a wet screening station in the Xieng Khouang Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Nov 2, 2018. DPAA was in the regi... More
Vance Airmen march around base during a 5 Kilometer
Vance Airmen march around base during a 5 Kilometer ruck march Sept. 15, in honor of POW/MIA Day. The Airmen all shoulder backpacks with at least 25 pounds of weight in them. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st... More
Kelly McKeague, director, Defense POW/MIA Accounting
Kelly McKeague, director, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), welcomes attendees during a family member update (FMU) in San Antonio, Texas, March 23, 2019. DPAA provides periodic updates and hosts annual ... More
Freddie Smith, a life support investigator assigned
Freddie Smith, a life support investigator assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, (DPAA) receives a piece of possible aircraft wreckage while conducting an investigation in Quang Binh province, Viet... More
Dr. Willa Trask, forensic anthropologist with the Defense
Dr. Willa Trask, forensic anthropologist with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), maps an impact crater in Quang Binh province, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, May 31, 2019. DPAA conducted investigatio... More
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Kelvin Ngo, a linguist with
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Kelvin Ngo, a linguist with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) translates a witness account to Ray Kern, a DPAA analyst, during an investigation in Quang Nam province, Sociali... More
VFW National Convention
Linda Read, community relations chief, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), shares information about the organization’s mission with visitors during the 120th Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) National Conven... More
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Director Kelly
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Director Kelly McKeague, speaks to members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) POW/MIA subcommittee at the 120th VFW National Convention at the Orange County Conventio... More
Ann Mills-Griffiths, Chairman of the board of the National
Ann Mills-Griffiths, Chairman of the board of the National League of POW/MIA Families, receives the VFW Americanism Award at the 120th VFW National Convention at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fl... More
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Adrian Hernandez, an Explosive
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Adrian Hernandez, an Explosive Ordinance Disposal technician, assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), prepares to conduct a metal sweep of an excavated area in Ha Tinh P... More
Dr. Sarah Kindschuh, a scientific recovery expert assigned
Dr. Sarah Kindschuh, a scientific recovery expert assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), supervises excavation operations in Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam, Nov. 22, 2019. DPAA was in the region c... More
Retired Navy Capt. Jack Ensch delivers remarks to sailors
Retired Navy Capt. Jack Ensch delivers remarks to sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale during a ceremony to commemorate POW/MIA Day. Stockdale is named after James B. Stockdale, a Viet... More
Pfc. Roy Diaz, World War II veteran photo
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A Prisoner of War/Missing in Action memorial table
A Prisoner of War/Missing in Action memorial table is set during a candle-lighting ceremony at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., Sept. 16, 2013. During the ceremony, members of the 4th Fighter Wing Honor Gu... More
Osan honor guardsmen raise the American and Prisoner
Osan honor guardsmen 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. An act of Congress es... More
Andrew Wiseman, left, and retired Royal Air Force Commodore
Andrew Wiseman, left, and retired Royal Air Force Commodore Charles Clarke, both prisoners of war during World War II, tell stories during the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action remembrance luncheon, Sept. 18, 2... More
Staff Sgt. Robert Lysholm, 451st Expeditionary Civil
Staff Sgt. Robert Lysholm, 451st Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, renders a salute after setting the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action table at the ceremony commemorating the Air Force’s 66th birthday at ... More
(Left to right) Pete Wheeler, the commissioner of the
(Left to right) Pete Wheeler, the commissioner of the Georgia Department of Veterans Service, retired Army Lt. Gen. Claude M. Kicklighter, director, Office of Commemorations, U.S. Department of Defense, and Ge... More
Members of the POW/MIA Vigil Run carry a flag on Joint
Members of the POW/MIA Vigil Run carry a flag on Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sept. 19, 2013. The flag remained constantly in motion during the 24-hour vigil run. National POW/MIA Remembrance Day is observed across... More
U.S. Marine Sgt. Jack Warner, former prisoner of war,
U.S. Marine Sgt. Jack Warner, former prisoner of war, gives a speech on his account as Prisoners of War and Missing in Action during the third annual Prisoners of War and Missing in Action Remembrance Ceremony ... More
A Team Dover member salutes as runners pass by with
A Team Dover member salutes as runners pass by with the U.S. and prisoner of war flags, Sept. 20, 2013, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Airmen ran for a total of 24 hours with the flags in shifts of 15 minutes. (... More
Lance Cpl. Ricky Ortiz, left, a native of Grand Prairie,
Lance Cpl. Ricky Ortiz, left, a native of Grand Prairie, Texas, and warehouse clerk with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response, raises an American flag alongside airmen with the 495th Air... More
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Chairman of the
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey stand for a march in review during a ceremony to remember prisoners of war and U.S. military members missing in act... More
Staff Sgt. Matthew Clark, a loadmaster with the 3rd
Staff Sgt. Matthew Clark, a loadmaster with the 3rd Airlift Squadron, stands at parade rest during the prisoner of war/missing in action vigil Sept. 20, 2013, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Team Dover members st... More
Airman 1st Class Delphia Ith carries the Marine Corps
Airman 1st Class Delphia Ith carries the Marine Corps hat during the POW/MIA Luncheon at Langley Air Force Base, Va., Sept. 20, 2013. The four branches of military service were represented by hats placed on a t... More
Colonel Pete Ford, 57th Adversary Tactic Group commander
Colonel Pete Ford, 57th Adversary Tactic Group commander and guest speaker, provides remarks during the National Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Recognition Day ceremony Sept. 20, 2013, at Nellis Air Force Ba... More
First Lt. Israel Brito, 36th Force Support Squadron
First Lt. Israel Brito, 36th Force Support Squadron officer in charge of readiness, speaks at the National Prisoner of War/Missing in Action ceremony on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Sept. 20, 2013. The ceremo... More
Vietnam veterans have a moment of silence during a
Vietnam veterans have a moment of silence during a POW MIA recognition service at Andersonville National Historic Site. More than 200 attendees participated in the the event. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communic... More
Colleen Lewis, senior vice president of the Ladies
Colleen Lewis, senior vice president of the Ladies Auxiliary at VFW Post 392 in Virginia Beach, reads off the names of 45 military service members from Virginia who were held as prisoners of war or missing in a... More
Retired Army Lt. Col. Ray Schrump addresses members
Retired Army Lt. Col. Ray Schrump addresses members of Team Seymour during the 4th Fighter Wing Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) ceremony at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., Sept. 20, 2013. Schr... More
Members of the Team Shaw Honor Guard stand in wait
Members of the Team Shaw Honor Guard stand in wait before lowering the flag during a Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Remembrance Day ceremony at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Sept. 20, 2013. The ceremony inc... More
A Team Mildenhall service member reads names of POW/MIAs
A Team Mildenhall service member reads names of POW/MIAs during a vigil Sept. 20, 2013, on RAF Mildenhall, England. The names were read to honor and remember those who were unable to return home. The vigil ende... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Tara Jones, left, and Petty
Petty Officer 1st Class Tara Jones, left, and Petty Officer 1st Class Patricia Moore escort Barbara Denton-Brownell, the daughter of missing in action Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Manuel Reyes Denton, to place a... More
Former Iraq Campaign POW U.S. Army Spc. Joseph Hudson
Former Iraq Campaign POW U.S. Army Spc. Joseph Hudson speaks during a POW/MIA recognition service at Andersonville National Historic Site. More than 200 attendees participated in the the event. (U.S. Navy phot... More
Retired U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Rhonda Cornum, former
Retired U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Rhonda Cornum, former director of Army Comprehensive Soldier Fitness, attend the POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony at Langley Air Force Base, Va., Sept. 20, 2013. While serving as a ... More
Runners take part in a 24-hour Prisoner of War/Missing
Runners take part in a 24-hour Prisoner of War/Missing in Action vigil at Langley Air Force Base, Va., Sept. 17, 2015. Whether participants ran or walked, they carried the flag, keeping it in motion at all time... More
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Honor Guardsmen from,
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Honor Guardsmen from, stand at parade rest prior to a POW/MIA Remembrance Ceremony at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 18, 2015. The ceremony was held to honor ... More
Soldiers watch the proceedings of a National POW/MIA
Soldiers watch the proceedings of a National POW/MIA Recognition Day service Sept. 18, 2015, on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Service members, Department of Defense civilians and veterans hosted a ceremony f... More
Timothy Frank, Arlington National Cemetery historian,
Timothy Frank, Arlington National Cemetery historian, talks during History Series Special Narrated Tours: Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Recognition Day: Never Forgotten, Sept. 16, 2016, in Arlington, Va. Th... More
Vance Airmen trek around base during a 5 Kilometer
Vance Airmen trek around base during a 5 Kilometer ruck march Sept. 15, in honor of POW/MIA Day. The Airman all marched in silence in remembrance of those who were prisoner of war and for those who are still mi... More
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 1st Class Dan
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 1st Class Dan Haines sweeps the prospective excavation area for metal hits in the Xieng Khouang Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Nov. 3, 2018. DPAA was in the r... More
John Bower holds up a photo of his loved-one, U.S.
John Bower holds up a photo of his loved-one, U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. John C. Bower, as part of a remembrance ceremony during a family member update (FMU) in San Antonio, Texas, March 23, 2019. Defense POW/MIA Acco... More
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Tiffany Le, recovery
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Tiffany Le, recovery investigation team linguist with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), digs up metal fragments while conducting an investigation in Quang Binh province, S... More
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Two Jose A. Colon Feliciano,
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Two Jose A. Colon Feliciano, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) officer in charge of research and investigation team bravo, uses a metal detector as part of an investigatio... More
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Chris Varner, recovery
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Chris Varner, recovery investigation team sergeant with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) leads his team up hill to leave the site of a possible helicopter crash in Quang Nam... More
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Director Kelly
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Director Kelly McKeague and Johnie Webb, deputy director, Outreach and Communications, speaks to members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) POW/MIA subcommittee at th... More
Commander-in-chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Commander-in-chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) B.J. Lawrence presents Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Director Kelly McKeague with the VFW Commander-in-Chief Gold Medal of Merit at the 120th ... More
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. J.D. Soto, a recovery team member
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. J.D. Soto, a recovery team member assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), finishes excavating a unit in Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam, Nov. 9, 2019. DPAA was in the region c... More
Dr. Sarah Kindschuh, a scientific recovery expert assigned
Dr. Sarah Kindschuh, a scientific recovery expert assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), discusses the excavation plan with team sergeant, U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Eduardo Rivera in Ha Tinh P... More
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Chris Varner, recovery
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Chris Varner, recovery investigation team sergeant with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and Dr. Willa Trask, forensic anthropologist, examine pieces of possible aircraft wr... More
Sybil Stockdale, widow of Adm. James B. Stockdale,
Sybil Stockdale, widow of Adm. James B. Stockdale, cuts a cake during a ceremony to commemorate POW/MIA Day at Naval Base San Diego in front of the guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale. Stockdale is named aft... More
Photo courtesy of Pfc. Roy Diaz.
Photo courtesy of Pfc. Roy Diaz.
The American and Prisoner of War/Missing in Action
The American and Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) flags wave over Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., Sept. 17, 2013. In honor of National POW/MIA Recognition Day, members of Team Seymour will part... More
U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Cornelius Thompson,
U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Cornelius Thompson, left, 100th Operations Support Squadron airfield manager, presents retired Royal Air Force Commodore Charles Clarke, right, a former prisoner of war, with a... More
Tech. Sgt. Joshua Kendall, 51st Medical Group, lights
Tech. Sgt. Joshua Kendall, 51st Medical Group, lights a candle as part of a candlelight vigil to recognize National Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Day at the base chapel on Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, ... More
(Left to right) Pete Wheeler, the commissioner of the
(Left to right) Pete Wheeler, the commissioner of the Georgia Department of Veterans Service, retired Army Lt. Gen. Claude M. Kicklighter, director, Office of Commemorations, U.S. Department of Defense, and Geo... More
Altus AFB Honor Guard members perform a twenty-one
Altus AFB Honor Guard members perform a twenty-one gun salute and a bugle playing of taps during the third annual Prisoners of War and Missing in Action Remembrance Ceremony at the Wings of Freedom Park Sept. 1... More
Retired U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Alcide Benini
Retired U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Alcide Benini watches the POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony at Langley Air Force Base, Va., Sept 20, 2013. The ceremony honored POW/MIA service members. (U.S. Air Force p... More
Participants bow their heads during a POW/MIA recognition
Participants bow their heads during a POW/MIA recognition service at Andersonville National Historic Site. More than 200 attendees participated in the the event. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialis... More
A ceremony to remember prisoners of war and those missing
A ceremony to remember prisoners of war and those missing in action was held during the POW/MIA Luncheon at Langley Air Force Base, Va., Sept. 20, 2013. During the ceremony, the glasses on the ceremonial table ... More
A Vietnam veteran listens during a POW MIA recognition
A Vietnam veteran listens during a POW MIA recognition service at Andersonville National Historic Site. More than 200 attendees participated in the the event. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist ... More
Musician 1st Class Amanda Marquis from U.S. Fleet Forces
Musician 1st Class Amanda Marquis from U.S. Fleet Forces Band, Norfolk, plays taps during a Prisoner of War, Missing in Action Remembrance ceremony at the Flame of Hope Memorial at Naval Air Station Oceana. (U.... More
A Team Mildenhall service member reads names of POW/MIAs
A Team Mildenhall service member reads names of POW/MIAs during a vigil Sept. 20, 2013, on RAF Mildenhall, England. The names were read to honor and remember those who were unable to return home. The vigil ende... More
Airmen present a wreath during the POW/MIA Recognition
Airmen present a wreath during the POW/MIA Recognition Ceremony at the Airmen Memorial Museum Suitland-Silver Hill, Md., Sept. 20, 2013. The wreath pays tribute to our many fallen comrades who have paid the ult... More
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, right, and U.S. Army
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, right, and U.S. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, watch as the Navy conducts a flyover at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., Sept. 20, 2013, dur... More
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Amber Coley, 4th Medical
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Amber Coley, 4th Medical Operations Squadron physical therapy technician, renders a salute as the U.S. military Code of Conduct is recited during the 4th Fighter Wing Prisoner of Wa... More
Members of Team Andersen fill Chapel 1 for the National
Members of Team Andersen fill Chapel 1 for the National Prisoner of War/Missing in Action ceremony on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Sept. 20, 2013. During the vigil run, volunteers from each squadron ran in ti... More