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Luke honors POW/MIAs

6WRU\DQGSKRWRE\ have I forgotten those who were at the time Luke Air Force Base Airmen salute as Taps plays during the POW/MIA Recognition
Senior Airman prisoners, missing in action or unaccounted Day Retreat ceremony Sept. 18 near the wing headquarters building.
GRACE LEE for. I gain solace every day when I go out to
SXWP\ÁDJXSLQUHPHPEUDQFHRIWKHPµ Gen. Scott Pleus, 56th Fighter Wing com- the extraordinary folks who have come before
56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs mander, thanked Toliver and thanked the 72 XVZKR·YHHQGXUHGXQLPDJLQDEOHKRUURUVDW
Approximately 1,741 military members Airmen who stood watch over the POW/MIA the hands of our enemies. Through courage,
Airmen gathered to attend the annual are currently on the list of missing or unac- ÁDJLQWKHKRXUVEHIRUHWKHFHUHPRQ\ resilience and determination they returned
POW/MIA Recognition Day Retreat cer- counted for, Toliver said. There are more home to be with their loved ones, but more
emony Sept. 18 as the last Airman stood than 41 million men and women who have ´,·G OLNH WR WKDQN HDFK DQG HYHU\ RQH RI importantly, they returned home to a grate-
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Air Force Base wing headquarters building. Revolution. Of that number, nearly 93,000 standing out here all night long and in the to all of these folks and the extraordinary
are missing in action and more than 100,042 heat to watch over our POW/MIA flag,” $PHULFDQVWKH\DUH$VZHUHÁHFWDQGKRQRU
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Airmen took shifts guarding the flag in more than 650,000 were killed in action and VDFULÀFHVRIWKRVHZKRKDYHJRQHDQGGLGQ·W VDFULÀFHVQHYHUEHIRUJRWWHQ7KH\ZHUHLP-
support of the 24-hour vigil leading up to nearly 310,000 were lost in war. Over 17,000 return. Also, we thank the families for those prisoned, lost their lives and had experiences
the ceremony. men and women died while prisoners of war, WKDW GLGQ·W UHWXUQ RU DUH XQDFFRXQWHG IRU that we can only fathom. We are forever
and 1,155,000 were wounded in action. who are still holding the faith and keeping indebted to them for their service.”
The ceremony began with the arrival the candle burning. We say thank you to all
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Chaplain James Lanford, before guest shout out to the young men and women,
speaker, retired Col. Richard Toliver took like many of you here today, ‘When I look
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the famed Tuskegee Airman Gen. Daniel said. “The things that make me proud and
“Chappie” James. hopeful are that you young people are still
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“As a Vietnam War veteran, I must tell standing shoulder-to-shoulder to get the job
you, that this is very close to my heart,” To- done. Men and women from every ethnic
liver said. “Forty two years ago I was blessed group, from every social background and
to be able to come home to my wife and my more, are standing together to carry on the
family. I will not forget the afternoon I got great legacy of those we honor here today.
on board that aircraft for the long journey And despite the skeptics and the naysayers,
home. As I settled into my seat, I closed my I believe as a man of faith that God is still
eyes, and I remembered the 58,000 young blessing America.”
comrades who were never going to set foot
on American soil again. It was a poignant After Toliver made closing remarks, Brig.
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