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U.S. Department of Defense: Pentagon Hosts Ceremony for National POW/MIA Recognition Day, September 13, 2004
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Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard Myers, U. S. Air Force, will host the Pentagon ceremony for National POW/MIA Recognition Day at the River Parade Field on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2004, at 10 a.m. EDT. Medal of Honor recipient Senator Daniel K. Inouye, a veteran of World War II, will be the guest speaker.
The president is expected to issue a proclamation commemorating Tuesday's observances and reminding the nation of those Americans who have sacrificed so much for their country.
Observances of National POW/MIA Recognition Day are held across the country on military installations, ships at sea, state capitols, schools and veterans' facilities. This observance is one of six days throughout the year that Congress has mandated the flying of the National League of Families POW/MIA flag. The others are Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, and Veterans Day. The flag is to be flown at major military installations, national cemeteries, all post offices, VA medical facilities, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the official offices of the secretaries of state, defense and veterans affairs, the director of the selective service system and the White House.
Tuesday's Pentagon ceremony will feature troops from each of the military services
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