VICENZA, Italy - Community members gather at Caserma Ederle's Post Theater Sept. 17, 2021, for the POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony. Guest speaker at the event was is Sgt. Maj. (Ret.) Rex W. Shuey, Jr., while Italian Carabinieri took part wearing their historical uniforms.
National POW/MIA Recognition Day was established in 1979 through a proclamation signed by President Jimmy Carter. Since then, each subsequent president has issued an annual proclamation commemorating the third Friday in September as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. “You Are Not Forgotten” is the central phrase behind the POW/MIA remembrance movement which honors America's prisoners of war, those who are still missing in action and their families.
| Date Taken: | 09.17.2021 |
| Date Posted: | 10.08.2021 11:44 |
| Photo ID: | 6880773 |
| VIRIN: | 210917-A-LU220-504 |
| Resolution: | 2464x1632 |
| Size: | 2.25 MB |
| Location: | IT |
| Web Views: | 14 |
| Downloads: | 1 |
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