Honoring the Missing: POW/MIA Holiday Tree Remembers Fallen Servicemembers [Image 3 of 4]

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12.05.2003

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This year's POW/MIA Holiday Tree, affectionately called "Peggy's Christmas Tree" by the staff at the Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office, includes pictures of about 10 missing servicemen. Peggy Marish-Boos, a retired Army master sergeant, started the holiday tree tradition in 1998. Pictured on the tree from left to right clockwise is Master Sgt. Paul T. Embrey, lost during the Korean War on Nov. 28, 1950; Air Force Master Sgt. Russell Peter Bott, lost Dec. 2, 1966, during the Vietnam War; Earl Pearson Hopper Jr., lost date Jan. 10, 1968, during the Vietnam War, and remains found and identified Jan. 16, 2002; and Army Staff Sgt. Stephen J. Geist, lost Sept. 26, 1967, during the Vietnam War. Photo by Rudi Williams.

• Date Taken: 12.05.2003
• Date Posted: 07.04.2025 02:30
• Photo ID: 9161238
• VIRIN: 031205-D-D0439-4751
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