[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 179 (Friday, September 16, 1994)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 47525-47526]
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[FR Doc No: 94-23177]


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                        Presidential Documents 


Federal Register
Vol. 59, No. 179
Friday, September 16, 1994

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Title 3--
The President
                Proclamation 6718 of September 14, 1994

 

National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 1994

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                This year marks the 50th anniversary of America's 
                participation in the largest single amphibious assault 
                in history. Considered by many to be a turning point in 
                the Second World War, the D-Day invasion at Normandy 
                serves as a clear reminder of our Nation's long-
                standing commitment to fight for the principles of 
                democracy and to defeat the forces of oppression.

                We must always remember the dedication and sacrifice of 
                our service men and women who, throughout our history, 
                have risked their lives to preserve freedom for future 
                generations. As a Nation, we are forever indebted to 
                these outstanding Americans for their selfless devotion 
                to duty. In expressing our gratitude, we should also 
                pause to recognize those patriots who were held as 
                prisoners of war and those who remain unaccounted for 
                as a result of their heroic service.

                On September 16, 1994, the flag of the National League 
                of POW/MIA Families, a black and white banner 
                symbolizing America's missing, will be flown over the 
                White House; the Capitol; the U.S. Departments of 
                State, Defense, and Veterans Affairs; the Selective 
                Service System headquarters; the Vietnam Veterans 
                Memorial; and national cemeteries across the country. 
                This flag is a powerful reminder to people everywhere 
                of our country's firm resolve to achieve the fullest 
                possible accounting of every member of the United 
                States Armed Forces.

                On this day, we pay tribute to our missing service 
                members and civilians. In their names, we reaffirm our 
                national commitment to securing the return of all 
                Americans who may be held against their will and to 
                repatriating all recoverable remains of those who died 
                in service to our country. That effort ranks among our 
                highest and most solemn national priorities. America's 
                heroes, and their families and loved ones, deserve no 
                less.

                The Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 196, has 
                designated September 16, 1994, as ``National POW/MIA 
                Recognition Day'' and has authorized and requested the 
                President to issue a proclamation in observance of this 
                day.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
                United States of America, do hereby proclaim September 
                16, 1994, as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. I ask 
                that every American take time to honor all former 
                American POWs, as well as those service members and 
                civilians still unaccounted for as a result of their 
                service to our great Nation. I encourage the American 
                people to recognize the families of these missing 
                Americans for their ongoing dedication to seek the 
                truth and for their determination to persevere through 
                many long years of waiting. Finally, I call upon State 
                and local officials and private organizations to 
                observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and 
                activities. 

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fourteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord 
                nineteen hundred and ninety-four, and of the 
                Independence of the United States of America the two 
                hundred and nineteenth.

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[FR Doc. 94-23177
Filed 9-14-94; 4:46 pm]
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