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Defense Leaders Honor POWs, Missing

  • Defense.gov
  • Sept. 17, 2021 | 20:34

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten, vice chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, provide remarks at a 2021 POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony in the Pentagon Hall of Heroes.