Team McConnell hosts a 24-hour vigil to honor the sacrifices of Prisoners of War and those still Missing in Action at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Sept. 16, 2025. A U.S. and POW/MIA flag were carried along McConnell’s Memorial Walk for the full 24 hour event. (U.S. Air Force video by Airman 1st Class Patrick O’Neill)
A missing in action (MIA) Airman’s 57-year journey home concluded Sept. 13 when Tech. Sgt. Willis “Jim” Rozelle Hall was honored with a remembrance and burial ceremony in Altoona, Kansas. The return home closes a chapter that began in Laos, where Hall and his fellow Airmen carried out clandestine missions throughout the Vietnam War.
