National POW/MIA Recognition Day reminds Americans of ‘nobility’ of war heroes and the need to do better

The nation honors today, Sept. 15, 2023, its still-missing heroes and those who languished in enemy captivity. 

National POW/MIA Recognition Day was established under President Jimmy Carter in 1979. It is marked on the third Friday of September, and memorialized each year since by presidential proclamation.

“We honor the devotion and courage of all those missing and unaccounted for, renew our commitments to their families, and promise to never cease in our efforts to bring them home,” President Joe Biden said yesterday in a statement issued by the White House.

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