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- My name is April Garza,

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and I am a mental health supervisor

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at VA Loma Linda Healthcare System.

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Today, we were celebrating
National POW/MIA Recognition Day.

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Every year, we have an event to recognize,

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to honor all of our
former prisoners of war

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and our MIA veterans' family members.

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You know, many of our
former prisoners of war

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in this country are getting older,

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many are World War II veterans,

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and their fear and all of ours is that,

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at some point, no one
is going to be teaching

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about what their experience was

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being captured in service of our country

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and the sacrifices that they
and their families have made

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so that we can be free,

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so that our nation can be free.