National POW/MIA Recognition Day

Week of August 25, 2008

National POW/MIA Recognition Day is traditionally observed on the third Friday of September. This year, the day will be commemorated on Sept. 19, 2008. The theme for 2008 commemorates the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. POW/MIA Recognition Day posters can be ordered at the following website http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/Posterform.htm or by calling 703-699-1131. For more information, visit the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office website. By law, the black POW/MIA flag can be flown over federal facilities and cemeteries, post offices and military installations on that day.