The defense pow/mia accounting agency remains relentless in its mission to provide the fullest possible accounting to their families and the nation, until they're home. This means returning living pows, the repatriation of their remains, or finding convincing evidence why neither of these is possible. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase “prisoner of war” dates to 1660.
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A prisoner of war (pow) is an individual held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately following an armed conflict
This status is rooted in international law, which aims to ensure humane treatment for those no longer participating in hostilities.
Prisoner of war (pow), any person captured or interned by a belligerent power during war In the strictest sense it is applied only to members of regularly organized armed forces, but by broader definition it has also included guerrillas, civilians who take up arms against an enemy openly, or While their imprisonment may have meant an end to combat, for prisoners of war (pows) held during world war ii and the korean and vietnam wars, incarceration marked the beginning of a new chapter of pain, suffering, and deprivation. On this national prisoner of war/missing in action (pow/mia) recognition day, we remember our valiant american soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, and coast guardsmen who were captured while.
The american legion is committed to achieving a full accounting of all pow/mias from the gulf war, vietnam war, cold war, korean war and world war ii
