{"id":61890,"date":"2015-09-18T09:52:03","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T13:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=61890"},"modified":"2015-09-18T10:13:06","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T14:13:06","slug":"national-powmia-recognition-day-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=61890","title":{"rendered":"National POW\/MIA Recognition Day, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=56674\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-56674\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/pow_mia_flag-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"pow_mia_flag\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/pow_mia_flag-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/pow_mia_flag-500x320.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/pow_mia_flag.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2015\/09\/17\/presidential-proclamation-national-powmia-recognition-day-2015\">The President has designated<\/a> today as National POW\/MIA Recognition Day.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As a grateful Nation, we owe it to all who put on the uniform of the United States to remain unwavering in our promise to them.  With hearts full of love, families carry on with an unfillable void, and we stand beside them &#8212; one and all &#8212; acutely aware of the cost at which our liberty comes.  Today and every day, let us renew our pledge to never stop working to bring home the ones they love to the land they risked everything to protect. <\/p>\n<p>On September 18, 2015, the stark black and white banner symbolizing America&#8217;s Missing in Action and Prisoners of War will be flown over the White House; the United States Capitol; the Departments of State, Defense, and Veterans Affairs; the Selective Service System Headquarters; the World War II Memorial; the Korean War Veterans Memorial; the Vietnam Veterans Memorial; United States post offices; national cemeteries; and other locations across our country.  We raise this flag as a solemn reminder of our obligation to always remember the sacrifices made to defend our Nation. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dpaa.mil\/\">Defense POW\/MIA Accounting Agency<\/a> (DPAA) there are still more than 83,000 Americans missing; <\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=61892\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61892\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Missing-Americans-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"Missing Americans\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-61892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Missing-Americans-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Missing-Americans-500x289.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Missing-Americans.jpg 1039w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President has designated today as National POW\/MIA Recognition Day. 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