AEDC personnel remember POW and MIA military

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  • By Raquel March
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Arnold Air Force Base, TENN. --  Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) personnel remembered military members who are Prisoners of War and Missing in Action in a POW/MIA Remembrance Walk/Run and Burger Burn event held at AEDC on Sept. 17.

The event, sponsored by the American Society of Military Comptrollers, was held as part of the national POW/MIA Recognition Day acknowledged on the third Friday of September.

"The event is to remember those who gave so much to keep our great nation safe," said Rhonda Ward, with the AEDC Financial Management and Comptroller Division and Remembrance committee member.

During the Burger Burn portion of the remembrance event, burgers and other food items were sold to raise funds. Those funds will be donated to the National League of POW/MIA Families and the BentStar Project.

The Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) has a mission to account for the more than 83,000 personnel lost between World War II through More recent conflicts. DPMO also works to limit the loss or capture of Americans who are serving abroad, and to bring home those who are captured or killed while serving our country.

"Keeping the Promise" is the DPMO motto. It refers to the promise made by the U.S. Government to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country.

Of the 1,971 missing personnel in the Vietnam War, 696 were repatriated and identified and 1,275 remain missing.

For more information on POW/MIA personnel visit the DPMO website at www.dtic.mil/dpmo/.