WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- Prisoners of war and those missing in action are remembered Sept. 19 on national POW/MIA Recognition Day. At the Vietnam War Memorial here, people leave behind patriotic and sentimental symbols of a nation's gratitude for veterans' sacrifices. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi)

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