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Team Shaw remembers POW/MIAs

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  • By Airman 1st Class Destinee Sweeney
  • 20th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
Motorcyclists escort runners during a 24-hour POW/MIA run at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Sept. 20, 2013, and U.S. Airmen and Soldiers present the colors during a National POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony at Shaw AFB, Sept. 16, 2016. The annual run provides an opportunity for Team Shaw service members to honor POW and MIAs by carrying the POW/MIA flag around Memorial Lake. The ceremony invites military members, veterans and community leaders to recognize the sacrifices made by POWs and MIAs.

Traditionally observed on the third Friday in September, National POW/MIA Recognition Day is one of six days in the year that Congress has mandated flying the POW/MIA flag in certain locations such as major military installations, national cemeteries and all post offices.

The 2017 POW/MIA run is scheduled to begin Sept. 14 at 8 a.m. at Memorial Lake. The remembrance ceremony is slated for the following day at 9 a.m., also at the lake.