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U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Mark Dillon, left, and U.S. Air Force Col. Thomas Gould stand at attention while retired U.S. Navy Capt. David Hoffman, former prisoner of war, takes the wreath from the base honor guard during a wreath-laying ceremony for POW/Missing in Action Recognition Day on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 17, 2010. Dillon commands the 86th Airlift Wing and Gould commands the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing.

POW CEREMONY

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Mark Dillon, left, and U.S. Air Force Col. Thomas Gould stand at attention while retired U.S. Navy Capt. David Hoffman, former prisoner of war, takes the wreath from the base honor guard during a wreath-laying ceremony for POW/Missing in Action Recognition Day on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 17, 2010. Dillon commands the 86th Airlift Wing and Gould commands the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing.

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