Operation Just Cause ...for as long as it takes
POW/MIA Related News From: Press Service afisnews_sender@DTIC.MIL
By Rudi Williams
WASHINGTON, July 18, 2000 -- Military units and ships at seas
around the world are receiving copies of the POW/MIA Recognition
Day 2000 poster, according to Larry Greer of DoD's POW-Missing
Personnel Office.
Greer said the poster's somber black tones symbolize the
darkness in the lives of those who suffer through the agony of
having a loved one missing in action. Family members of missing
personnel and veterans served as a "focus group" that helped
decide design ideas appropriate for all conflicts and all the
services, he said. This is the POW-Missing Personnel Office's
second annual poster.
The office polled the services and veterans and family
organizations and printed 116,000 copies of the poster for their
use, Greer said. Family members of missing personnel who would
like to have a poster may contact their respective family
organizations, or Greer's office at (703) 602-2102 or download
it from his office.
He said his office will periodically post information on the Web
site about POW/MIA Recognition Day -- the third Friday of
September -- to help installations plan local observances.,"
Greer noted. The day falls on Sept. 15 this year.
People visiting the Web site also will find a lot of information
about what the government is doing concerning servicemen missing
in action, Greer said.
"Two years ago, we were only getting about 2,000 weekly requests
for information on our Internet Web site. Now we're getting as
many as 62,000 weekly requests for files of different documents
-- posters, newsletters and other information."
(by way of Veterans News &
Information Service webmaster@vnis.com}
American Forces Press Service
National POW/MIA Recognition Day September 15, 2000
