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[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Roll_Thunder_5-27-07] Annual Rolling Thunder...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally ["Ride for Freedom"--on behalf of the Prisoners of War-Missing in Action (POW/MIA) cause--through Washington, D.C., with Secr... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Roll_Thunder_5-27-07] Annual Rolling Thunder...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally ["Ride for Freedom"--on behalf of the Prisoners of War-Missing in Action (POW/MIA) cause--through Washington, D.C., with Secr... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Roll_Thunder_5-27-07] Annual Rolling Thunder...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally ["Ride for Freedom"--on behalf of the Prisoners of War-Missing in Action (POW/MIA) cause--through Washington, D.C., with Secr... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Roll_Thunder_5-27-07] Annual Rolling Thunder...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally ["Ride for Freedom"--on behalf of the Prisoners of War-Missing in Action (POW/MIA) cause--through Washington, D.C., with Secr... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Roll_Thunder_5-27-07] Annual Rolling Thunder...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally ["Ride for Freedom"--on behalf of the Prisoners of War-Missing in Action (POW/MIA) cause--through Washington, D.C., with Secr... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Roll_Thunder_5-27-07] Annual Rolling Thunder...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally ["Ride for Freedom"--on behalf of the Prisoners of War-Missing in Action (POW/MIA) cause--through Washington, D.C., with Secr... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Roll_Thunder_5-27-07] Annual Rolling Thunder...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally ["Ride for Freedom"--on behalf of the Prisoners of War-Missing in Action (POW/MIA) cause--through Washington, D.C., with Secr... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-05-25-08_SOI_K_Thunder_Ride] Annual Rolling Thunde...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally, [on behalf of the Prisoners of War-Missing in Action (POW-MIA) cause, through Washington, D.C.,] with Secretary Dirk Kemptho... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-05-25-08_SOI_K_Thunder_P] [Participants, supporter...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: [Participants, supporters, vehicles on hand for the annual] Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally, [on behalf of the Prisoners of War-Missing in Action (POW-MIA) cause, t... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-05-25-08_SOI_K_Thunder_P] [Participants, supporter...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: [Participants, supporters, vehicles on hand for the annual] Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally, [on behalf of the Prisoners of War-Missing in Action (POW-MIA) cause, t... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-05-25-08_SOI_K_Thunder_P] [Participants, supporter...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: [Participants, supporters, vehicles on hand for the annual] Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally, [on behalf of the Prisoners of War-Missing in Action (POW-MIA) cause, t... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-05-25-08_SOI_K_Thunder_Ride] Annual Rolling Thunde...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally, [on behalf of the Prisoners of War-Missing in Action (POW-MIA) cause, through Washington, D.C.,] with Secretary Dirk Kemptho... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-05-25-08_SOI_K_Thunder_Ride] Annual Rolling Thunde...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally, [on behalf of the Prisoners of War-Missing in Action (POW-MIA) cause, through Washington, D.C.,] with Secretary Dirk Kemptho... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-05-25-08_SOI_K_Thunder_Ride] Annual Rolling Thunde...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally, [on behalf of the Prisoners of War-Missing in Action (POW-MIA) cause, through Washington, D.C.,] with Secretary Dirk Kemptho... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-05-25-08_SOI_K_Thunder_P] [Participants, supporter...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: [Participants, supporters, vehicles on hand for the annual] Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally, [on behalf of the Prisoners of War-Missing in Action (POW-MIA) cause, t... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-05-25-08_SOI_K_Thunder_P] [Participants, supporter...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: [Participants, supporters, vehicles on hand for the annual] Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally, [on behalf of the Prisoners of War-Missing in Action (POW-MIA) cause, t... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-05-25-08_SOI_K_Thunder_Ride] Annual Rolling Thunde...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally, [on behalf of the Prisoners of War-Missing in Action (POW-MIA) cause, through Washington, D.C.,] with Secretary Dirk Kemptho... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-05-25-08_SOI_K_Thunder_Ride] Annual Rolling Thunde...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally, [on behalf of the Prisoners of War-Missing in Action (POW-MIA) cause, through Washington, D.C.,] with Secretary Dirk Kemptho... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-05-25-08_SOI_K_Thunder_P] [Participants, supporter...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: [Participants, supporters, vehicles on hand for the annual] Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally, [on behalf of the Prisoners of War-Missing in Action (POW-MIA) cause, t... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-05-25-08_SOI_K_Thunder_Ride] Annual Rolling Thunde...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally, [on behalf of the Prisoners of War-Missing in Action (POW-MIA) cause, through Washington, D.C.,] with Secretary Dirk Kemptho... More

The funeral procession honoring retired US Navy (USN) Vice Admiral (VA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Annapolis State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Stockdale Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Andre Mci... More

The face of William Eldridge, a former machine gunner

The face of William Eldridge, a former machine gunner with the U.S. Army 31st Infantry Regiment and survivor of the Bataan Death March here, March 24. Eldridge endured marching nearly 80 miles subject to condit... More

Service members gather for a prisoner of war and missing

Service members gather for a prisoner of war and missing in action remembrance ceremony at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Sept. 20, 2013. Every year on the third Friday in September, milita... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Zade Vadnais, 20th Fighter

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Zade Vadnais, 20th Fighter Wing Public Affairs community relations noncommissioned officer in charge, takes a moment to reflect during a POW/MIA balloon release ceremony at Shaw Air Fo... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Xander Young, 97th Air

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Xander Young, 97th Air Mobility Wing Honor Guard, stands ready to present the U.S. and POW/MIA flags to the first group of runners during the 24-hour POW/MIA remembrance run Sept. 1... More

Participants of the 26th annual Bataan Memorial Death

Participants of the 26th annual Bataan Memorial Death March line up to begin the 26.2-mile march through White Sands Missile Range, N.M. March 22, 2015. “This memorial march pays tribute to the bravery, heroism... More

Members of the base honor guard fold the American flag

Members of the base honor guard fold the American flag as U.S. military, coalition and mission partners observe during a prisoners of war and missing in action remembrance ceremony at the 379th Air Expeditionar... More

Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Kenneth Cordier, a former

Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Kenneth Cordier, a former Vietnam prisoner of war (1965-1973), and Col. Matthew Villella, 435th Air Expeditionary Wing and 435th Air Ground Operations Wing vice commander, place the ... More

Spc. Adam Gross, 1209th Medical Company (Area Support),

Spc. Adam Gross, 1209th Medical Company (Area Support), ruck marches during the 1st Annual Bataan Memorial Death March on Powidz Air Base, March 6 in Powidz, Poland. Gross won the overall heavy category (35-pou... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Rosalyn Acurero, a

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Rosalyn Acurero, a services journeyman with the 1st Special Operations Force Support Squadron, reads the names of prisoners of war and missing in action American service members ... More

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

Sen. John Boozman peaks during the National POW/MIA

Sen. John Boozman peaks during the National POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Sept. 15, 2017. The day is observed every year on the third Friday in September and honors those... More

Mike Leonard, Biloxi city administrator, reads a "Prisoner

Mike Leonard, Biloxi city administrator, reads a "Prisoner Of War and Missing In Action Remembrance Day in the City of Biloxi" proclamation during the POW/MIA remembrance luncheon inside the Roberts Consolidate... More

The U.S. Flag waves in the wind during the POW/MIA

The U.S. Flag waves in the wind during the POW/MIA retreat ceremony at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Sept. 20, 2019. The event was held to raise awareness and to pay tribute to all prisoners of war and t... More

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Darius Banaji, deputy director

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Darius Banaji, deputy director for operations, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), shakes hands with Mr. Allen Hoe, a decorated Vietnam war veteran during ceremony for National POW/MIA... More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Olivia Moss, commander of the

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Olivia Moss, commander of the 1st Special Operations Force Support Squadron, gives closing remarks after the 2nd annual prisoners of war/missing in action 24-hour vigil run at Hurlburt F... More

Flags fly in the wind during a ceremony for National

Flags fly in the wind during a ceremony for National POW/MIA Recognition Day at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) facility in Honolulu, Hawaii, Sept. 18, 2020. First established in 1979, through a pr... More

Soldiers start the 1st Annual Bataan Memorial Death

Soldiers start the 1st Annual Bataan Memorial Death March on Powidz Air Base, March 6 in Powidz, Poland. The event was hosted by the New Mexico National Guard’s 1209th Medical Company (Area Support), who are mo... More

Chaplain (Capt.) Vernon Snyder and Sgt. Alison Martindale,

Chaplain (Capt.) Vernon Snyder and Sgt. Alison Martindale, both with the 758th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, ruck march during the 1st Annual Bataan Memorial Death March on Powidz Air Base, March 6, Pow... More

American Red Cross - Prisoners of War - At last - useful Bulgarians!! ...

Photographer: American Red Cross American Red Cross - Prisoners of War Public domain photograph - prisoners of war, military forces during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

BGEN Stan McClellan, U.S. Army, CHIEF of STAFF, Military Assistance Co...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Loc Ninh Country: South Vietnam Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Herman Kokojan Release Status: Released to Publ... More

Ex-POW and U.S. Air Force COL James Helms Kasler (Captured 8 Aug 66) s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Rele... More

The 1st Reconnaissance Battalion color guard lower

The 1st Reconnaissance Battalion color guard lower the Marine Corps colors for the duration of the national anthem during the Vietnam Prisoner of War 40th Annual Homecoming Reunion at the Richard Nixon Presiden... More

Soldiers from U.S. Army Central along with our Air

Soldiers from U.S. Army Central along with our Air Force partners, known as “Team Shaw,” commemorate prisoners of war and missing in action service members with a 24-hour run at Memorial Lake on Shaw Air Force ... More

Grand Slam honor guardsmen carry the U.S. League of

Grand Slam honor guardsmen carry the U.S. League of Families prisoner of war and missing in action flag before raising it over a memorial at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Sept. 20, 2013. T... More

Senior Airman Vanessa Dominguez raises the U.S. League

Senior Airman Vanessa Dominguez raises the U.S. League of Families prisoner of war and missing in action flag during a POW/MIA remembrance ceremony at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Sept. 2... More

U.S. Army Reserve military police with the 354th MP

U.S. Army Reserve military police with the 354th MP Company from St. Louis, Missouri participate in reflexive fire training during Guardian Justice at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, June 23. Guardian Justice is a funct... More

Sgt. Jarrod Coachman, 542nd Maintenance Company, ruck

Sgt. Jarrod Coachman, 542nd Maintenance Company, ruck marches during the 1st Annual Bataan Memorial Death March on Powidz Air Base, March 6, Powidz, Poland. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Master Sgt. Ryan C. Matso... More

Deputy Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan speaks during

Deputy Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan speaks during the National POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Sept. 15, 2017. The day is observed every year on the third Friday in Se... More

Sgt. Christopher Martinez, Spc. Jose Villegas and Spc.

Sgt. Christopher Martinez, Spc. Jose Villegas and Spc. Mallorie Terrell, all with the New Mexico National Guard’s 1209th Medical Company (Area Support), man a field ambulance during the 1st Annual Bataan Memori... More

Senior Airman Chelsea Averette, 2nd Bomb Wing honor

Senior Airman Chelsea Averette, 2nd Bomb Wing honor guardsman, lowers the flag during a retreat ceremony at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Sept. 20, 2019. The retreat ceremony is designed to pay respect t... More

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) leadership

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) leadership and participants pose for a photo during a ceremony for National POW/MIA Recognition Day at the DPAA facility in Honolulu, Hawaii, Sept. 18, 2020. First estab... More

A member of the American Legion places a Lei on the

A member of the American Legion places a Lei on the POW/MIA Recognition day poster during a ceremony for National POW/MIA Recognition Day at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) facility in Honolulu, Ha... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Roll_Thunder_5-27-07] Annual Rolling Thunder...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally ["Ride for Freedom"--on behalf of the Prisoners of War-Missing in Action (POW/MIA) cause--through Washington, D.C., with Secr... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the Special Operations Command (SOC...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Kenneth Bellard, USAF Release Sta... More

Deputy Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan speaks with

Deputy Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan speaks with audience members during the National POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Sept. 15, 2017. The day is observed every year on ... More

Sgt. JoAnna Sudduth, legal assistance noncommissioned

Sgt. JoAnna Sudduth, legal assistance noncommissioned officer-in-charge, Office of Staff Judge Advocate, shakes hands with former POW Lee James in the Town and Country Restaurant’s Grand Ballroom.

U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Gen. Jimmie J. Wells, chief

U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Gen. Jimmie J. Wells, chief of staff, U.S. Army Forces Command, escorts several former Korean War Prisoners of War during a Fayetteville Swampdogs Military Appreciation Day commemorating ... More

Survivors of the 1942 Bataan Death March salute the

Survivors of the 1942 Bataan Death March salute the flag as the White Sands Missile Range honor guard posts the colors during the opening ceremony at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., March 22, 2015. More than 5... More

Air Commandos begin running for the 2nd annual prisoners

Air Commandos begin running for the 2nd annual prisoners of war/missing in action 24-hour vigil run at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 24, 2020. The run was held to honor and remember POW/MIA American service me... More

Daniel Shockley, center in vest and the Indiana Historical

Daniel Shockley, center in vest and the Indiana Historical Society director of museum theater; Jay Hemphill, holding folder, and other actors tour and compare photos of the Italian prisoner of war built chapel ... More

Air Commandos run laps during the 2nd annual prisoners

Air Commandos run laps during the 2nd annual prisoners of war/missing in action 24-hour vigil run at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 24, 2020. The run was held to honor and remember POW/MIA American service memb... More

Senior Chief Petty Officer Laura Johnston provides

Senior Chief Petty Officer Laura Johnston provides closing remarks at a prisoner of war and missing in action remembrance ceremony at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Sept. 20, 2013. Johnston... More

U.S. Army Reserve military police Soldiers with the

U.S. Army Reserve military police Soldiers with the 300th MP Brigade set up an OE-254 during Guardian Justice at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, June 24. Guardian Justice is a functional exercise, broken down into two-w... More

Haughton High School Air Force Junior ROTC color guard

Haughton High School Air Force Junior ROTC color guard present the colors at the Honor the Fallen run at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. Sept. 20, 2018. The color guard presented the colors during retreat to kick... More

Airmen in training from the 364th Training Squadron

Airmen in training from the 364th Training Squadron make their way around the track along Lt. Gen. Leo Marquez Boulevard North to kick off the 2018 POW/MIA 24-hour vigil at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Sept.... More

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Kevin Osby, 81st Diagnostic

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Kevin Osby, 81st Diagnostic and Therapeutics Squadron superintendent, delivers remarks during the POW/MIA retreat ceremony at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Sept. 20, 2019... More

Master Sgt. Roberto Flores (right), 2nd Logistics Readiness

Master Sgt. Roberto Flores (right), 2nd Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels environmental safety office section chief, and Airman 1st Class Joseph O’Donnell (left), 2nd Medical Group health service management ap... More

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

Air Commandos run laps and carry a prisoner of war/missing

Air Commandos run laps and carry a prisoner of war/missing in action flag during the 2nd annual POW/MIA 24-hour vigil run at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 24, 2020. A POW/MIA flag was carried by an Air Command... More

Attendees of the graveside service for U.S. Marine

Attendees of the graveside service for U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Anthony Brozyna listen to U.S. Marine Corps Chaplain Father James Kelly in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, Aug. 31, 2016, in Arlington, V... More

Honor Guard members perform during the National POW/MIA

Honor Guard members perform during the National POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Sept. 15, 2017. The day is observed every year on the third Friday in September and honors t... More

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Darius Banaji, deputy director

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Darius Banaji, deputy director for operations, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), presents a gift to retired U.S. Navy Capt. Jim Hickerson, a former prisoner of war, and his wife Caro... More

Japanese POWs board train. Public domain, Post-war Japan.

Three hundred nineteen Japanese prisoners of war, carrying their belongings, board trains at then-Camp McCoy for California, where they will aid in harvest in the 1940s. According to the U.S. War Department in... More

BGEN Stan McClellan, U.S. Army, CHIEF of STAFF, Military Assistance Co...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator:... More

COL. David Eberly, senior prisoner of war, speaks during a ceremony ho...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland(MD) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: ... More

Staff Sgt. John Karambelas with the 327th Military

Staff Sgt. John Karambelas with the 327th Military Police Battalion and Staff Sgt. Michael L. Dye, with the 447th MP Company, both U.S. Army Reserve military police and interservice, non-leathal weapons insruct... More

Barksdale Airmen raise the POW/MIA flag during the

Barksdale Airmen raise the POW/MIA flag during the Honor the Fallen run at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. Sept. 21, 2018. The flag was carried around the track at the Senior Airman Bryan Bell Fitness Center for ... More

Staff Sgt. Michael Constantine, a member of the Sergeant

Staff Sgt. Michael Constantine, a member of the Sergeant Audie Murphy Club, Fort Bliss Chapter, and infantry squad leader from 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, leans in to listen to a retired Army veteran, du... More

A seven-man rifle detail from 1st Reconnaissance Battalion

A seven-man rifle detail from 1st Reconnaissance Battalion honor those who fought and died during the Vietnam War with a 21-gun salute during the Vietnam Prisoner of War 40th Annual Homecoming Reunion at the Ri... More

U.S. Air Force Airman Christian Bonilla, 1st Air and

U.S. Air Force Airman Christian Bonilla, 1st Air and Space Cyber Operations Squadron cyber systems operator, leads other honor guard volunteers to the Prisoner-of-War/Missing-in-Action Table at Ramstein Officer... More

Staff Sgt. Ashley Callines, 758th Combat Sustainment

Staff Sgt. Ashley Callines, 758th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, ruck marches during the 1st Annual Bataan Memorial Death March on Powidz Air Base, March 6 in Powidz, Poland. Callines finished the 24-mil... More

U.S. Army Reserve military police with the 354th MP

U.S. Army Reserve military police with the 354th MP Company from St. Louis, Missouri participate in reflexive fire training during Guardian Justice at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, June 23. Guardian Justice is a funct... More

U.S. Air Force Col. Jason Pavelschak, 97th Air Mobility

U.S. Air Force Col. Jason Pavelschak, 97th Air Mobility Wing vice commander, gives opening remarks stressing the importance of POW/MIA Recognition Day Sept. 18, 2020, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla. POW/MIA Reco... More

Sgt. 1st Class Marvin E. Switzer, retired, a combat

Sgt. 1st Class Marvin E. Switzer, retired, a combat veteran with three tours to Vietnam, reminisces over some photos of his former soldiers, Sept. 14, 2012, at Ambrosio Guillen Texas State Veterans Home, El Pas... More

Sergeant Casimiro Zarate, a Bunkerville, Nev., native

Sergeant Casimiro Zarate, a Bunkerville, Nev., native serving with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, leads a seven-man rifle detail in a salute during the playing of “Taps” at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library... 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

U.S. Air Force retired Maj. Spike Nasmyth, speaks with

U.S. Air Force retired Maj. Spike Nasmyth, speaks with Team Mildenhall during a lunch, July 8, 2015, in the Galaxy Club on RAF Mildenhall, England. Nasmyth spoke about how prisoners of war communicated with one... More

A group of participants carry the POW/MIA flag during

A group of participants carry the POW/MIA flag during the Honor the Fallen run at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Sept. 20, 2018. The number of runners grew to more than 640 compared to last year where there w... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen render a salute to the U.S. and

U.S. Air Force Airmen render a salute to the U.S. and German Flags during a retreat ceremony on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 15, 2017. The retreat ceremony closed out the National Prisoner of War/Missing i... More

Deputy Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan speaks during

Deputy Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan speaks during the National POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Sept. 15, 2017. The day is observed every year on the third Friday in Se... More

A Soldier walks with the 724th Transportation Company

A Soldier walks with the 724th Transportation Company guidon prior to the start of the 1st Annual Bataan Memorial Death March on Powidz Air Base, March 6, Powidz, Poland. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Master Sgt.... More

Chaplain (Maj.) William Buell, the 652nd Regional Support

Chaplain (Maj.) William Buell, the 652nd Regional Support Group chaplain, talks to Soldiers before giving an invocation before the start of the 1st Annual Bataan Memorial Death March on Powidz Air Base, March 6... More

Former Prisoners of War, spouses, widows of former

Former Prisoners of War, spouses, widows of former POWs and Marines pose together following Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany’s annual Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Breakfast held here, Sept. 18.

Service members deployed to the 379th Air Expeditionary

Service members deployed to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing participate in the 24-hour prisoners of war and missing in action vigil run at the 379th AEW in Southwest Asia, Sept. 21, 2013. The run began Sept. 2... More

5.56mm rounds are prepared for U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers

5.56mm rounds are prepared for U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers with the 300th Military Police Brigade, out of Inkster, Michigan, for M4 reflexive fire training during Guardian Justice at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin., June... More

A POW/MIA Memorial Wreath hangs from a stand at the

A POW/MIA Memorial Wreath hangs from a stand at the Ramstein Officers’ Club on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 15, 2017. The wreath was part of the National POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony which is observed ... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman James Cuevas, 20th Equipment

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman James Cuevas, 20th Equipment Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance journeyman, pays his respects during a reveille ceremony at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Sept. 17, 20... More

Airmen from the 635th Material Maintenance Group, run

Airmen from the 635th Material Maintenance Group, run in remembrance of those who were imprisoned, on Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., Sept. 19, 2019. Every 30 minutes, Airmen rotated teams in order to keep the P... More

Indiana Army National Guard Master Sgt. Brad Staggs

Indiana Army National Guard Master Sgt. Brad Staggs gives a tour of a Camp Atterbury chapel to actors who will portray Italian prisoners of war at the Indiana Historical Society, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. The his... More

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