National POW/MIA Recognition Day

National POW/MIA Recognition Day
Sep 21, 2012
KCEN
By Sophia Stamas

On this National Prisoner of War (POW) and Missing in Action (MIA) Recognition Day, Fort Hood is honoring those missing or unaccounted for while serving our country.

Today at Darnall Army Medical Center, soldiers, veterans and families paused to remember those lost.

Some who were actually once among the missing were in attendance, and those who never returned home were heavy on their hearts today.

The total numbers of missing in action and prisoners of wars stands at 1,660, 106 of them from Texas.

But it was clear today that their memory will not fade.

With his hand over his heart, former WWII POW Morris Barker will never forget those who never made it out, and neither will his fellow veterans who stood beside him today.
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