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A small town in New York has become the center of a controversy after some veterans claimed that a POW/MIA flag was replaced by a Pride flag to commemorate Pride month.
You could say it’s just a piece of cloth, woven simply from cotton strands and emblazoned with the silhouette of a man, his head bowed in silent, solemn thought. “POW-MIA,” the words across the top of ...
Those men and women inspired the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) symbol. News 2’s Chris O’Brien explores the history of the symbol and the meaning to some closely associated to it.
And some came out of the blue - like author Rick Perlstein writing a column for the Washington Spectator saying it was time for another symbol to come down. That POW/MIA flag.
The Green Bay Packers will welcome Rolling Thunder® Wisconsin to Lambeau Field Saturday, Aug. 29, for a 2 p.m. ceremony to raise the POW/MIA flag on Harlan Plaza. The public is invited to attend ...
N ational POW/MIA Recognition Day may be Friday, but many Americans are accustomed to seeing the now-familiar flag of their cause — the silhouette and white letters on a black background ...
A POW/MIA flag was taken down, upsetting some veterans – including a Vietnam War vet charged with harassing the town supervisor – and prompting calls for a demonstration Saturday at Town Hall.
Jeffrey Heisley was on track to become an officer in the Marine Corps when he was sidelined with hepatitis. The illness forced him to leave the military. “I look back at pictures of myself now ...
The black-and-white flag that honors America’s military members who are prisoners of war or are missing in action has a direct connection to Baker City, Oregon.
With thousands of American fighters missing or captive during the war, in 1971 Hoff pitched the idea of a POW/MIA flag to a supportive executive at Annin & Co., a flag manufacturer that made the ...