This Senate resolution says the third Friday of September should be recognized as "National POW/MIA Recognition Day." It defines "POW/MIA" as prisoners of war and missing-in-action military personnel. The resolution quotes Department of Defense and Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency numbers: over 80,000 U.S. servicemembers are missing in action; about 41,000 are presumed lost at sea; and about 38,000 are considered recoverable. By conflict, the resolution lists: World War II 73,687; Korean War 8,157; Vietnam War 2,633; Cold War 128; and since 1991, 6. It also lists recoveries since the 1970s and remaining unaccounted for by conflict (for example, 1,904 recovered from World War II and 71,783 still unaccounted). The document says roughly 75 percent of POW/MIA are in the Asia-Pacific region and gives state counts for the most unaccounted and most recovered. It notes the POW/MIA flag was adopted in 1972, flew over the White House in 1982, and that a 2019 law requires the POW/MIA flag to be flown on Federal properties when the U.S. flag is flown. The resolution acknowledges a moral obligation to account for POW/MIA, expresses gratitude to them, supports the designation, and encourages Americans to honor them.
The resolution expresses the sense of the Senate that a national recognition day should be observed on the third Friday in September. It encourages Americans to take part in local commemorations, display the POW/MIA flag, and do acts of goodwill for POW/MIA family members. The text records official counts and background about POW/MIA, but the resolution itself primarily states support and encouragement.
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The resolution says the Federal Government has a moral obligation to fully account for POW/MIA, offers gratitude to POW/MIA from every conflict, and supports designating a National POW/MIA Recognition Day. It encourages commemorations, displaying the POW/MIA flag, and providing support to family members.
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