National POW/MIA Recognition Day is Sept.19.
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- National POW/MIA Recognition Day is Sept.19. Observances of 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. For more information visit www.dtic.mil/dpmo/powday. "The names of Americans who gave their lives in the service of their county and whose earthly resting place is known only to God" -National Memorial Cemetry of the Pacific.