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Defense Secretary Ash Carter shakes hands with retired Navy Capt. Gerald Coffee as Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, looks on after a ceremony commemorating National POW/MIA Recognition Day at the Pentagon, Sept. 16, 2016. Coffee spent seven years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. DoD photo by Army Sgt. James K. McCann

Hero's Handshake

Defense Secretary Ash Carter shakes hands with retired Navy Capt. Gerald Coffee as Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, looks on after a ceremony commemorating National POW/MIA Recognition Day at the Pentagon, Sept. 16, 2016. Coffee spent seven years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. DoD photo by Army Sgt. James K. McCann

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