U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Jon Krietz, deputy director of

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Jon Krietz, deputy director of operations, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), shakes hands with Bob Wallace, former commander in chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and ceremony guest speaker, during the National POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, Sept. 20, 2019. First established in 1979, through a proclamation from President Jimmy Carter, National POW/MIA Recognition Day, is an observance to honor and recognize the sacrifices of those Americans who have been a POW, and to remind the nation of those who are still MIA. DPAA is conducting worldwide operations to provide the fullest possible accounting of those classified as still missing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jacqueline A. Clifford)