Schriever Air Force Base concluded its remembrance week for prisoners of war and those still missing in action with a closing ceremony held Sept. 17 in the headquarters building atrium.
Col. Anthony Mastalir, 50th Space Wing vice commander, highlighted the need for such events.
“We need to take time to remember the nearly 600,000 American men and women held at some point as POWs or MIAs,” said Mastalir. “But more than a number, every person who was captured or killed in action has a story, and it’s incumbent upon us to go back and remember their stories and share those stories. Because they’re stories about heroes, they’re stories about folks who made the ultimate sacrifice.”
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