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POW/MIA Ceremony

By Airman 1st Class Marc A. Garcia, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs / Published September 18, 2020

William Schwertfeger, retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col., shares his story as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam conflict in 1972 at a POW/MIA Ceremony Sept. 17, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. According to the Department of Defense Prisoner of War Missing Personnel Office, there are 1,657 personnel still missing from the Vietnam conflict. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Marc A. Garcia)
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William Schwertfeger, retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col., shares his story as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam conflict in 1972 at a POW/MIA Ceremony Sept. 17, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. According to the Department of Defense Prisoner of War Missing Personnel Office, there are 1,657 personnel still missing from the Vietnam conflict. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Marc A. Garcia)

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MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- William Schwertfeger, retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col., shares his story as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam conflict in 1972 at a POW/MIA Ceremony Sept. 17, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. According to the Department of Defense Prisoner of War Missing Personnel Office, there are 1,657 personnel still missing from the Vietnam conflict. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Marc A. Garcia)