[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 157 (Monday, September 24, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6272-S6273]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    NATIONAL POW/MIA RECOGNITION DAY

  Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, today I wish to recognize National POW/MIA 
Day and honor the servicemembers who have not yet made it home. We can 
never give up in bringing them home and getting answers for their loved 
ones who await their return.
  I commend those who work during this national recognition each 
September and throughout the year to raise awareness about the 
continued need to return our missing servicemembers. This includes 
members of the POW*MIA Awareness Rally Corp. of Pocatello, ID, who hold 
rallies and other events to keep a spotlight on the immense service of 
our Nation's veterans.
  Also, thank you to those who are working hard to bring all of our 
servicemembers home. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, which is 
the organization primarily responsible for coordinating and conducting 
research and recovery efforts for POW and MIA soldiers, reports that 
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than 82,000 Americans remain missing from World War II, the Korean war, 
the Vietnam war, the Cold War, the Gulf wars, and other conflicts. This 
includes 355 remaining POW and MIA veterans from Idaho. So far this 
month, the agency has reported accounting for 18 missing 
servicemembers, most of whom were lost in the attack on Pearl Harbor. 
This work of identifying and returning our servicemembers is no doubt 
painstaking, but imperative. Until we account for all our missing and 
bring each of these Americans home, wounds remain unhealed.
  I pray that all of the families and friends of missing servicemembers 
experience the long-awaited return of their loved ones. May all those 
who serve our Nation feel how grateful we are for their security of the 
blessings of our liberty. Let's bring them all home.

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