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NAVADMIN 231/05
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SUBJ/2005 PRISONER OF WAR AND MISSING IN ACTION RECOGNITION DAY//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THIS NAVADMIN HIGHLIGHTS THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE'S PRISONER OF WAR/MISSING IN ACTION (POW/MIA) PUBLIC
AWARENESS PROGRAM AND SOLICITS SUPPORT FOR THE 2005 NATIONAL POW/MIA
RECOGNITION DAY.
2.  TO COMMEMORATE THIS EVENT, 16 SEPTEMBER IS BEING DECLARED



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AS NATIONAL POW/MIA RECOGNITION DAY FOR 2005.  COMMANDS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO CONDUCT AND SUPPORT RECOGNITION DAY ACTIVITIES
HONORING FORMER PRISONERS OF WAR AND THOSE SERVICEMEMBERS AND U.S.
CITIZENS WHO REMAIN UNACCOUNTED FOR.  INCLUSION OF POW/MIA FAMILY
MEMBERS IN ACTIVITIES IS ENCOURAGED.
3.  IT IS THE DUTY OF ALL AMERICANS TO REMEMBER AND HONOR THOSE WHO
SUFFERED IN CAPTIVITY, THOSE MISSING WHO NEVER RETURNED FROM
DEFENDING THIS NATION, AND THOSE WHOSE FATE IS YET UNKNOWN.  BY
HONORING THESE MEN AND WOMEN, WE ACKNOWELDGE THE DEBT PAID FOR THE
FREEDOM AND LIBERTY WE ENJOY.
4.  POW/MIA OBSERVANCES FUTHER OUR RESOLVE TO CONTINUE THE SEARCH
FOR THOSE WHO REMAIN UNACCOUNTED FOR, REGARDLESS OF HOW LONG IT
TAKES, WHERE IT TAKES US, OR WHAT THE COSTS.
5.  FOR COMMAND INFORMATION REGARDING POW/MIA RECOGNITION ACTIVITIES
CONTACT COMNAVPERSCOM (PERS-624) AT (901) 874-4302/3/5/6/DSN 882 OR
VISIT THE DEFENSE POW/MISSING PERSONNEL OFFICE WEBSITE AT
WWW.DTIC.MIL/DPMO
6.  RELEASED BY VADM G. L. HOEWING, N1NT.//
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