Updated at 9:48 a.m., Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Former POWs to be honored Monday
Advertiser Staff
A remembrance ceremony to honor former prisoners of war and also to remember those missing in action will be held Monday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.American Ex-POWs is hosting the event.
April 9 is National Former POW Recognition Day.
The Punchbowl program will include speeches from Dae-Hyun Kang, Consul General of the Republic of Korea; Dr. James Hastings, director of the VA Pacific Islands Health Care System; and keynote speaker Warren Fletcher, the commander of National American Ex-Prisoners of War.
