Veterans, Active Duty Service Members Attend POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony in Honolulu

Department of Defense Photo Essay

  • Tommy Tanaka, right, an Army veteran wounded in the Vietnam War, converses with fellow wounded Army veteran Reinaldo Espada before a National Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Recognition Day ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Sept. 21, 2012. Veterans and active duty service members were among the approximately 500 attendees. During the ceremony, retired Army Col. William S. Reeder Jr., spoke about his year spent as a POW in Vietnam after his plane was shot down during combat operations. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder
  • Army veterans Camron Fox, right, and his wife Penny, the commander of Disabled American Veterans of Hawaii, walk to their seats before a National Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Recognition Day ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Sept. 21, 2012. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder
  • Army Sgt. 1st Class Delarna Dharwin, center, salutes while the national anthem plays during a National Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Recognition Day ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Sept. 21, 2012. Dharwin is assigned to Detachment Four, Joint Prisoners of War, Missing in Action Accounting Command, JPAC. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder
  • Army and Marine veterans of the Vietnam War, in white, survey their programs during a National Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Recognition Day ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Sept. 21, 2012. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder
  • Francisco Mote Sagario, an Army veteran wounded in the Vietnam War, watches memorial wreaths being laid during a National Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Recognition Day ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Sept. 21, 2012. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder
  • Marines prepare to place a memorial wreath during a National Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Recognition Day ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Sept. 21, 2012. The Marines are assigned to the Joint Prisoners of War, Missing in Action Accounting Command. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder
  • Army veterans wounded in the Vietnam War, rear, and Air Force airmen place a memorial wreath during a National Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Recognition Day ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Sept. 21, 2012. The airmen are assigned to the Joint Prisoners of War, Missing in Action Accounting Command. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder
  • An Air Force honor guard faces to the right after completing a three-volley salute in honor of fallen veterans during a National Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Recognition Day ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Sept. 21, 2012. The airmen are assigned to assigned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder
  • Lucio Sada Sanico, right, an Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War, converses with a fellow visitor following a National Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Recognition Day ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Sept. 21, 2012. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder