Honoring America's POW/MIAs in Yonkers
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- April
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Did you know more than 86,000 American service members are listed as unaccounted for since World War II?
They include about 78,000 from World War II, 8,100 from the Korean War and 1,800 from Vietnam, according to Department of Defense reports last year – but these numbers have changed as remains have been identified and returned from those conflicts, and new POW/MIAs are reported in our current conflicts.
I’ll try to get updated numbers from the DoD later today.
To honor these missing troops, dozens of veterans and their family members participated in the 11th Annual POW-MIA Remembrance Ceremony at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1666 in Yonkers. From Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy’s story:
On a table, a single red rose stood in a vase, symbolic of loved ones keeping faith; a red ribbon for those unaccounted for; a lemon slice to remind people of their bitter fate; salt for families’ tears; and a glass facing down to show that they weren’t there to make a toast.
For more images from the ceremony, visit the LoHud.com photo galleries.
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