[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 169 (Thursday, August 31, 1995)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 45645-45646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21853]




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Part X





The President





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Proclamation 6818--National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 1995
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                Proclamation 6818 of August 29, 1995

                
National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 1995

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Throughout our proud history, America's sons and 
                daughters have answered the call to defend our 
                fundamental liberties and to safeguard the freedoms of 
                peace-seeking countries around the globe. Representing 
                the finest this Nation has to offer, the members of our 
                Armed Forces have given everything of themselves in 
                defense of the independence and democracy that we hold 
                so dear. This year we have a special opportunity to 
                honor their service as we commemorate the 50th 
                anniversary of the end of World War II, the dedication 
                of the Korean War Veterans Memorial, and the unveiling 
                of the POW and MIA postage stamp.

                In remembering these heroic men and women, it is with 
                profound respect and solemn appreciation that we single 
                out those who paid the heaviest price. Among them are 
                the Prisoners of War and those Missing in Action. Their 
                courage and devotion to duty, honor, and country--often 
                in the face of brutal treatment and torture by their 
                captors--will never be forgotten by the American 
                people.

                Our Nation also recognizes that the families of these 
                brave citizens have suffered and made great sacrifices 
                for our country. For it is in the name of both the 
                missing and their loved ones that we aggressively 
                pursue the release of any United States service member 
                held against his or her will, that we search tirelessly 
                for information about the missing, and that we seek the 
                repatriation of recoverable American remains.

                On September 15, 1995, the flag of the National League 
                of Families of American Prisoners of War and Missing in 
                Southeast Asia, a black and white banner symbolizing 
                America's missing, will be flown over the White House, 
                the Capitol, the United States Departments of State, 
                Defense, and Veterans Affairs, the Selective Service 
                System Headquarters, the Vietnam Veterans and Korean 
                War Veterans Memorials, and national cemeteries across 
                the country. This flag is a symbol of our Nation's 
                covenant with those who defend us and with the loved 
                ones they leave behind--the brave individuals who have 
                earned our everlasting gratitude and their families who 
                deserve our deepest sympathy and our national pledge to 
                achieve the fullest possible accounting of American 
                troops.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United 
                States, do hereby proclaim September 15, 1995, as 
                ``National POW/MIA Recognition Day.'' I urge State and 
                local officials, private organizations, and citizens 
                everywhere to join in honoring all Prisoners of War and 
                Missing in Action still unaccounted for as a result of 
                their dedicated service to our great country. I also 
                encourage the American people to recognize and 
                acknowledge the steadfast vigil the families of the 
                missing maintain in their quest for answers and a 
                conclusion to their struggle. Finally, I call upon all 
                Americans to observe this day with appropriate 
                ceremonies and activities.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-ninth day of August, in the year of our Lord 
                nineteen hundred and ninety-five, and of the 
                Independence of the United States of America the two 
                hundred and twentieth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 95-21853
Filed 8-29-95; 4:48 pm]
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