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Released in Remembrance

Airmen release balloons at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Sept. 20, 2017, during an event honoring prisoners of war and missing in action military personnel. The balloons carried names of POW/MIA personnel, and airmen read them aloud as the balloons floated away. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ashley Maldonado

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