POW- MIA HONORING CEREMONY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2013 6 P.M. AT VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK SIOUX FALLS, S.D. SPONSORED BY VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA CHAPTER 959 LARRY ZIMMERMAN, SOUTH DAKOTA SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, WILL BE THE GUEST SPEAKER THIS YEAR. SINCE THE BEGINNING OF AMERICAN HISTORY, THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS HAVE BEEN PRISONERS OF WAR OR ARE JUST MISSING IN ACTION. SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR I, MORE THAN 83,000 AMERICANS HAVE BEEN LISTED AS MISSING IN ACTION. MORE THAN 70,000 DISAPPEARED BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN AT THE END OF WWII. MORE THAN 500 POWs FROM THE KOREAN WAR ARE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN HELD BY RUSSIA. IN MORE RECENT HISTORY, ONE SOLDIER IS BEING HELD CAPTIVE BY THE TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN. SEVEN SOUTH DAKOTANS ARE MISSING IN ACTION IN VIETNAM. COME JOIN US IN HONORING THESE AMERICANS AND THEIR SACRIFICES. CLARENCE KOISTRA AND THE MARINE CORPS LEAGUE WILL POST THE COLORS AND FIRE THE 21-GUN SALUTE AT THE END OF THE CEREMONY. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT DUANE TEWINKEL 605-201-9358 OR [email protected]
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