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Defense Officials Recognize Prisoners of War, Missing Service Members at Ceremony

  • Defense.gov
  • Sept. 18, 2020 | 23:20

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