From left to right, U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Jon Krietz, deputy director of operations, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), Bob Wallace, former commander in chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Fern Sumpter Winbush, principal deputy director, DPAA, render honors the as the colors are presented during a National POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, Sept. 20, 2019. First established in 1979, through a proclamation from President Jimmy Carter, National POW/MIA Recognition Day, is an observance to honor and recognize the sacrifices of those Americans who have been a POW, and to remind the nation of those who are still MIA. DPAA is conducting worldwide operations to provide the fullest possible accounting of those classified as still missing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jacqueline A. Clifford)
Date Taken: | 09.20.2019 |
Date Posted: | 09.20.2019 20:52 |
Photo ID: | 5771492 |
VIRIN: | 190920-M-PO745-1052 |
Resolution: | 6016x4016 |
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Location: | HONOLULU, HAWAII, US |
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