Today is National POW/MIA Recognition Day. National POW/MIA Recognition Day was established in order for us to recognize when those fought were never found, or were captured by the enemy in a time of war. According to the Defense Department, 83,417 troops are still unaccounted for, stretching from WWII to Iraq and Afghanistan. Those missing troops don’t just have a profound impact on their units, but their families as well. That’s a lot of families that may never see closure. The other half of our reflection is reserved for troops captured by the enemy in battle—or in James O’Neal Hughes’ case, by revolutionaries during the Iran hostage crisis. Their incredible sacrifice is almost impossible to conceive, and our gratitude can never be enough. This is also a day to recognize the hard work by the folks at the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, whose mission is to search for, identify, and bring home remains of our men and women overseas from sites all over the world.
Posted on: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:39:02 +0000
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