Annapolis, Md. - Delegate Ron George joined Anne Arundel County Executive, Laura Neuman, in the county’s first annual POW/MIA Recognition Day. The event also heard from Korean War veteran and former POW in China, Corporal James N. Diggs, who raised Anne Arundel County’s new POW/MIA flag for the first time.
“The continued pain felt by parents, spouses, children, and in later years grandchildren, is an emptiness of questions waiting to be answered,” George remarked.
There are over 83,000 POW/MIA soldiers from World War II to present. September 20th is the national POW/MIA Recognition Day.
In speaking to family members and the missing’s comrades in arms that were present, Mr. George found they all had a desire to thank their missing family members and friends for their service and to also discover the unfinished story. Answers to where they are, and of what those missing went through for their country.
George recalled, “As someone who turned 18 during the Vietnam War, I have always found it offensive how the issue of missing POW’s and MIA’s seemed an uncomfortable issue to admit. As if forgetting about them helped put the war behind us. I want us to work to have answers for all of them.”
To those whom this event was for, Ron George said, “Even though they can’t hear my voice, Thank You.”
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