[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 129 (Friday, September 21, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H6237]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                        POW/MIA RECOGNITION DAY

  (Mr. MILLER of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the more 
than 83,000 Americans still listed as missing in action or prisoners of 
war. Today is National POW/MIA Recognition Day.
  I would like to bring to the attention of my House colleagues the 
efforts made by the joint POW/MIA Accounting Command to recover and 
return home to their families our unaccounted for servicemembers.
  Also, let us recognize groups such as Rolling Thunder, the Vietnam 
Veterans of America, the American Ex-Prisoners of War, the National 
League of POW/MIA Families, and numerous others who ensure those who 
remain missing are never forgotten, and that our Nation remembers their 
sacrifice.
  This includes Army Private First Class Ithiel Whatley of Escambia 
County, Florida, who was last seen on July 12, 1950, in Korea and who 
is remembered every day of the year by his brother Nat.
  We salute our POWs and MIAs who have given to this Nation more than 
we can ever repay. The United States will not rest until each is home 
and has received the proper burial on American soil they deserve.
  Please offer a prayer for those who remain on the battlefields of the 
past and of the present, and let us pledge that not one is left behind.

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