POW/MIA flag

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The National League of Families POW/MIA flag, often referred to as the POW/MIA flag, was adopted in 1972 and consists of the official emblem of the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia in white on a black background. Since 2019 (the year the National POW/MIA Flag Act was signed into law), the POW/MIA flag has been flown on certain federal properties, including the U.S. Capitol Building, on all days the U.S. flag is flown. The flag symbolizes support and care for the soldiers, airmen, and sailors who served the United States in the Vietnam War, especially those who endured capture by the enemy. There has not been a verified American POW in Southeast Asia since Pvt. Robert R. Garwood was released in 1979.

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