Members of the 31st Rescue Squadron rappel out of a U.S. Marine Corps CH-46 Sea Knight to deliver the POW/MIA flag at Kadena Air Base’s annual POW/MIA Remembrance Ceremony Sept. 19, 2008. Kadena hosts a remembrance ceremony each year in honor of all POW/MIA service members past and present. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Amanda Grabiec)
Members of the 31st Rescue Squadron prepare to deliver the POW/MIA flag at Kadena Air Base’s annual POW/MIA Remembrance Ceremony Sept. 19, 2008. Kadena Air Base hosts a remembrance ceremony each year in honor of all POW/MIA service members past and present. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Amanda Grabiec)
Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines stand in formation during Kadena Air Base’s annual POW/MIA Remembrance Ceremony Sept. 19, 2008. Kadena holds a remembrance ceremony each year in honor of all POW/MIA service members past and present. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Amanda Grabiec)
Senior Airmen Marlon Quitos and Aman Prasad from the Kadena Air Base Honor Guard fold the POW/MIA flag Sept. 19, 2008 during the base’s annual POW/MIA Remembrance Ceremony. Kadena hosts a remembrance ceremony each year in honor of all POW/MIA service members past and present. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Amanda Grabiec)
Senior Airman Marlon Quitos from the Kadena Air Base Honor Guard holds the POW/MIA flag during the base’s annual POW/MIA Remembrance Ceremony Sept. 19, 2008. Kadena hosts a remembrance ceremony each year in honor of all POW/MIA service members past and present. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Amanda Grabiec)
Senior Airman Aman Prasad passes the POW/MIA flag to Senior Airman Marlon Quitos of the Kadena Air Base Honor Guard during the base’s annual POW/MIA Memorial Ceremony Sept. 19, 2008. Kadena Air Base hosts a remembrance ceremony each year in honor of all POW/MIA service members past and present. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Chad Warren)
Retired U.S. Air Force Capt. Guy Gruters pauses in front of a ceremonial wreath during Kadena Air Base’s annual POW/MIA Memorial Ceremony Sept. 19, 2008. Captain Gruters was held captive for more than five years during the Vietnam War after his F100-F was shot down over North Vietnam in 1967. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Chad Warren)
Technical Sergeant Warren Triche of the Kadena Air Base Honor Guard stands vigil next to a ceremonial wreath during Kadena Air Base’s annual POW/MIA Memorial Ceremony Sept. 19, 2008. Kadena hosts a remembrance ceremony each year in honor of all POW/MIA service members past and present. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Chad Warren)
Technical Sergeant Warren Triche of the Kadena Air Base Honor Guard salutes the ceremonial wreath during the base’s annual POW/MIA Memorial Ceremony Sept. 19, 2008. Kadena hosts a remembrance ceremony each year in honor of all POW/MIA service members past and present. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Chad Warren)
Brig. Gen. Brett T. Williams, 18th Wing commander, speaks to the crowd during Kadena Air Base’s annual POW/MIA Remembrance Ceremony Sept. 19, 2008. Kadena hosts a remembrance ceremony each year in honor of all POW/MIA service members past and present. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Chad Warren)