Connecticut's POW/MIA Recognition Day 98 Proclamation


WHEREAS, thousands of Americans who have served in times of war were captured by the enemy or reported missing in action; and

WHEREAS, 2,086 Americans are still missing and unaccounted for from the Vietnam War, including 34 from the State of Connecticut, and their families, friends, and fellow veterans still endure uncertainty concerning their fate; and

WHEREAS, the sacrifices of American prisoners of war, Americans missing in action, and their families are deserving of our recognition; and

WHEREAS, we have a moral obligation to exhaust every effort to locate POWs and MIAs; now

THEREFORE, I, John G. Rowland, Governor of the State of Connecticut, do hereby officially designate September 18, 1998 as POW/MIA RECOGNITION DAY in honor of all American POW/MIA's.
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