National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 2018, 48519-48520 [2018-21034]

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 25, 2018)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 48519-48520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-21034]



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Vol. 83

Tuesday,

No. 186

September 25, 2018

Part II





The President





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Proclamation 9789--National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 2018


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 83 , No. 186 / Tuesday, September 25, 2018 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 9789 of September 20, 2018

                
National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 2018

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Throughout American history, the men and women of our 
                Armed Forces have selflessly served our country, making 
                tremendous sacrifices to defend our liberty. On 
                National POW/MIA Recognition Day, we honor all American 
                prisoners of war and express our deep gratitude for the 
                courage and determination they exemplified while 
                enduring terrible hardships. We also pay tribute to 
                those who never returned from the battlefield and to 
                their families, who live each day with uncertainty 
                about the fate of their loved ones. These families are 
                entitled to the knowledge that their loved ones still 
                missing and unaccounted for will never be forgotten.

                As a Nation, it is our solemn obligation to account for 
                the remains of our fallen American service members and 
                civilians and to bring them home whenever possible. We 
                owe an incalculable debt of gratitude to these patriots 
                who gave their last full measure of devotion for our 
                country. For this reason, I have pledged my 
                Administration's best efforts to account for our 
                country's missing heroes. We continue to work to 
                account for the missing personnel from the Vietnam War. 
                American and partner nation search teams are also 
                working tirelessly in South Korea, Europe, the South 
                Pacific, and elsewhere around the world to recover and 
                identify those who served in World War II, the Korean 
                War, the Cold War, and other past conflicts.

                During my meeting with Chairman Kim Jong Un of the 
                Democratic People's Republic of Korea in June, I raised 
                my concern for the thousands of grieving American 
                families whose loved ones remain missing from the 
                Korean War uncertainty. As a result, I secured a 
                commitment from Chairman Kim to recover and repatriate 
                the remains of those Americans who were prisoners of 
                war or killed in action. Last month, we repatriated the 
                remains of some of those courageous service members to 
                American soil. As a result of this homecoming, two of 
                our missing fallen have already been identified, 
                renewing our hope for the fullest possible accounting 
                of the Americans who have yet to be recovered from the 
                Korean War. These recovery efforts are vital to 
                fulfilling our Nation's promise to leave no fellow 
                American behind.

                On September 21, 2018, the stark black and white banner 
                symbolizing America's Missing in Action and Prisoners 
                of War will again be flown over the White House; the 
                United States Capitol; the Departments of State, 
                Defense, and Veterans Affairs; the Selective Service 
                System Headquarters; the World War II Memorial; the 
                Korean War Veterans Memorial; the Vietnam Veterans 
                Memorial; United States post offices; national 
                cemeteries; and other locations across the country. We 
                do this, each year, to recognize those who have 
                suffered the horrors of enemy captivity, those who have 
                still not returned from war, and the families who have 
                yet to lay their loved ones to rest with the honor and 
                dignity they deserve.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim September 21, 2018, 
                as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. I call upon the 
                people of the United States to join me in saluting all 
                American POWs and those missing in action who valiantly 
                served our country. I call upon Federal, State, and

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                local government officials and private organizations to 
                observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and 
                activities.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twentieth day of September, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand eighteen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                third.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2018-21034
Filed 9-24-18; 11:15 am]
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