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What on September 12th , the Air Force

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Sergeants Association Chapter 1674

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hosted a 24 hour prisoner of war

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missing an action remembrance event on

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Ramstein Airbase in honor of the over

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142,000 US service members that have

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been held as pows and the over 80,000

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that remain missing . What we're doing

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out here today is we're moving the

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Powmi a flag around the track uh

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continuously for the next 24 hours . At

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the same time , we're also reading

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names off of previous pows and current ,

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uh missing in action veterans from all

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the previous wars . It's part of our

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culture , part of our heritage as a

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military . As time goes on . It's

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important not to forget the veterans

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that came before us and sacrificed for

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our country and also for brothers and

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sisters in arms . So we're just taking

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the time to remember them as we read

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the names and move the flag .