POW/MIA

Master Sgt. Lorin Ladson, 100th Maintenance Squadron, invites Master Sgt. Michael Lioce, 100th Communication Squadron, to attend the next RAF Mildenhall POW/MIA Committee meeting, scheduled for June 6 at the Galaxy Club upstairs in the Enlisted Lounge at 3 p.m. The committee plans and coordinates remembrance activities for POW/MIA week and membership is open to enlisted airmen, noncommissioned officers, officers, federal employees and family members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dennis Brewer)

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POW/MIA

Capt. Constantine Tsoukatos, 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, stands at the POW/MIA memorial during the 24-hour POW/MIA "Reading of the Names" vigil at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, Sept.15, 2005. More than 200 base volunteers took turns reading names and standing silent watch over a display of four hats - one from the uniform of each branch of the military which represented the nearly 10,000 service members who have been prisoners of wars or missing in action since the end of World War II. (U.S. Air Force file photo by Staff Sgt. Jeanette Copeland)

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Volunteer to remember the fallen, the forgotten

Published May 31, 2007
By Master Sgt. Dennis Brewer
352nd Special Operations Group Public Affairs

RAF MILDENHALL, England -- Each year the RAF Mildenhall prisoners of war and missing in action committee plans and coordinates the POW/MIA Remembrance Week culminating with the National observance to be held September 27.

The committee is looking for volunteers to join them and help plan this year's events. Membership in the organization is free and encouraged for all active duty Air Force personnel. Please feel free to bring a guest.

Dedicated government employees and family members are also welcomed to join the team.

What to know: Those interested may attend the next POW/MIA meeting slated for June 6 at 3 p.m. in the Enlisted Lounge at the Galaxy Club complex (upstairs), or call Master Sgts. William Cobb, 238-2962; John Harrill, 238-5631; Dennis Brewer, 238-4395, or Airman 1st Class Katherine McKeon, 238-4965. Alternatively, e-mail: William.Cobb@mildenhall.af.mil, John.Harrill@mildenhall.af.mil, Dennis.Brewer@mildenhall.af.mil, Katherine.McKeon@mildenhall.af.mil.