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BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Tech. Sgt. Joseph Neikirk, 460th Space Communications Squadron, stands at parade rest next to a wreath laid to honor prisoners of war and those missing in action prior to a retreat ceremony at the 460th Space Wing headquarters building Sept. 17, 2012. The ceremony concluded the base’s observance of National POW/MIA Recognition Day, which included a multiservice remembrance march, a 12-hour wreath guard detail and the retreat ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Phillip Houk)
BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – A formation of Air Reserve Personnel Center service members conclude the multiservice memorial march in honor of prisoners of war and those missing in action during the base’s observance of National POW/MIA Recognition Day Sept. 17, 2012. The day’s events included a multiservice march, 12-hour wreath guard detail and retreat ceremony to honor those who sacrificed for the nation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Phillip Houk)
BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Staff Sgt. Coleman Powell, 460th Operations Support Squadron, stands at parade rest during a retreat ceremony held Sept. 17, 2012, to honor prisoners of war and those missing in action. The base observed National POW/MIA Recognition Day with events that also included a 12-hour wreath guard detail and a multiservice remembrance march. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Phillip Houk)
9/19/2012 - BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Numerous Team Buckley members gathered Sept. 17 to honor prisoners of war and those missing in action during the base's observance of National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Events included a 12-hour wreath guard detail, a multiservice POW/MIA 5K march and a retreat ceremony that concluded the day. Retired Master Sgt. James O'Neal Hughes, Fort Logan National Ceremony staff assistant, spoke at the ceremony. Hughes is a recent recipient of the Defense Department's Prisoner of War Medal, receiving the medal more than 30 years after he was held hostage in Tehran, Iran, for more than two weeks.
According to the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office, more than 83,000 Americans are missing from World War II, the Korean War, the Cold War, the Vietnam War and the 1991 Gulf War.
National POW/MIA Recognition Day is traditionally observed the third Friday of September.
