Fort Benning will commemorate National POW/MIA Recognition Day with a brief ceremony at 3 p.m. Sept. 19 in front of the former National Infantry Museum, according to the Public Affairs Office.
National POW/MIA Recognition Day was first commemorated on July 18, 1979, and has been recognized by presidential proclamation on the third Friday of September since 1986.
Since World War I, more than 10,000 American service members have been listed as missing in action. Thousands more have been incarcerated as prisoners of war.
The National Prisoner of War Museum at Andersonville is holding a series of commemoration ceremonies.
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
Nat'l POW/MIA Recognition Day
