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Davis-Monthan honors POW/MIA
Story and photo by Senior Airman MYA CROSBY
355th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
PIMA AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM, Ariz. — Davis-Monthan Air Force Base’s Desert Lightning Team hosted a ceremony in honor of U.S. prisoners of war and service members missing in action Sept. 15 at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson.
The ceremony was held in accordance with the 2017 National POW/MIA Recognition Day to honor U.S. prisoners of war, missing service members and their families.
The event began with opening remarks from Col. Scott Campbell, 355th Fighter Wing commander.
“Today is a very special day and a very sobering re- minder that we continue to strive and account for all of our service members,” Campbell said. “The greatest generation – which is our WWII vets – got through it with strength of character, and I think it’s a testament to all of our prisoners, especially during that time frame, to survive that kind of captivity and treatment.”
After the ceremony, retired U.S. Army Air Corps and WWII POW Walter Ram, delivered a speech to the audience about his experience as a POW.
Ram enlisted into the U.S. Army Air Corps at the age of 16 and served as a B-17E radio operator and gunner for nearly five years. During his sixth bombing mission, Ram and the rest of his aircrew were shot down in Kiel, Germany, where he began his year and a half as a POW.
“I believe more people should know what a lot of us went through,” Ram said. “It would make them ap- preciate more of what they have and (it would) make them appreciate something they don’t know they have – that’s freedom. They can never appreciate it like I do because I know what it’s like to be without it.”
After Germany’s decision to surrender and release its U.S. prisoners, Ram found himself on U.S. soil in New York City.
“It was so great, I didn’t know whether to laugh
Former World War II POW, Walter Ram, speaks during a POW/MIA remembrance ceremony at the Pima Air and Space Museum Sept. 15 in Tucson. Ram served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a B-17E radio op- erator and gunner.
or cry,” Ram said. “It was unbelievable. It felt like a The ceremony concluded with Campbell presenting dream come true.” Ram with a POW/MIA flag.
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Check-in changes at MDG
The 355th Medical Group now has check-in desks for individual clinics.
Clients with an appoint- ment in the family health clinic will check in at Lobby 1 (blue lobby).
Those with appoint- ments in the pediatric and women’s health clin- ics will check in at Lobby 3 (green lobby).
The check-in for the chiropractic clinic is un- changed. Refer to direc- tional signs for more in- formation.
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