VFW Post 3278 will host a POW/MIA (Prisoner of War/Missing in Action) Observance at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 10th.  The Post is located at 2300 Crockett Drive in Brownwood.

A proclamation commemorating the observances and reminding the nation of those Americans who have sacrificed so much for their country will be issued.

Observances of National POW/MIA Recognition Day are held across the country on military installations, ships at sea, state capitols, schools and veterans’ facilities. It is traditionally observed on the third Friday in September each year. This observance is one of six days throughout the year that Congress has mandated the flying of the National League of Families’ POW/MIA flag. The others are Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day and Veterans Day.

The flag is to be flown at major military installations, national cemeteries, all post offices, VA medical facilities, the World War II Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the official offices of the secretaries of state, defense and veterans affairs, the director of the selective service system and the White House.

According to the Veterans of Foreign War, those missing in action total 81,864 which includes 74,074 from World War II; 8,025 from the Korean War; 125 from the Cold War; and 1,713 from the Vietnam War.