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POW/MIA Ceremony

Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, provides remarks at the DOD 2020 National POW/MIA Recognition Day commemoration on the Pentagon, Sept. 18, 2020. Deputy Defense Secretary David L. Norquist hosted the annual ceremony in honor of those who were held captive and returned, as well as those who remain unaccounted for from past conflicts. The program included a flyover by Army UH-60 helicopters performing the missing man formation.

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