From the AFSA Chapter 1320:
Dear Honoree and Family, On September 21, 2018, Chapter 1320 of the Air Force Sergeants Association will be hosting our annual POW/MIA remembrance event honoring those that were former POW/MIA members and their families for the sacrifices they have made to this great nation. We would be honored if you could attend the event so you can join us on this special day. If transportation needs to be arranged please let us know so that we can make proper accommodations. The event will take place on Travis Air Force Base. Lunch will begin at 1130, followed by a ceremony that should conclude by 1430. If this is something that you would like to attend, please contact MSgt Michael Richardson either via email at michael.richardson.13@us.af.mil, or via phone at (707)-344-8763 at your earliest convenience so that arrangements can be made for planning purposes. We look forward to meeting you on September 21st. Yours Truly, Air Force Sergeant Association, Chapter 1320 Ann Mills-Griffiths: I again commend the dedication and initiative AFSA demonstrates in support of our nation's effort to account as fully as possible for those who served our country and haven't yet come home. We are indebted for such commitment to the principles we've pursued since 1970 and know how much it means to those serving today to have the assurance that should they be captured or become missing in combat, we'll all be there for them, working earnestly for their return.
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League Chairman of the Board/CEO Ann Mills-Griffiths, talking with H.E. Anatoly Antonov, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the U.S., at the Russia Day Reception, June 12th, at the Embassy of the Russian Federation.
Also pictured are Darya Barmina Mills, Chairman of the Leagues Archival Digitization Project and James Reedy, League Foreign Policy Intern from American University. Memorial Day Ceremony CPT Rocky Versace Plaza May 28, 2018 Alexandria, VA The “Friends of Rocky Versace” will host the 16th Annual Memorial Day Ceremony in Alexandria on Monday, 28 May 2018 at 11:00 AM. The approximately 1-hour Ceremony will honor POW/MIA and posthumous Medal of Honor recipient CPT HR “Rocky” Versace, MIAs SSG Douglas Blodgett, Maj Joseph Davies, Maj Morgan Donahue, 1LT Leland McCants III, Seaman Apprentice John Winkler, the 60 other Alexandrians who died during the Vietnam War, all our POW/MIAs and those in uniform who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Location is the Capt. Rocky Versace Plaza and Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial; Mount Vernon Recreation Center in the City of Alexandria, 2701 Commonwealth Ave. (intersection of Commonwealth and Mt Vernon Aves.). Website: http://www.virginia.org/Listings/Events/MemorialDayCeremonyVersacePlazaMemorialinAlexandriaVA Mapquest:http://www.mapquest.com/mapscity=Alexandria&state=VA&address=2701+Commonwealth+Ave
Elbe Day, April 25, 1945, is the day Soviet and American troops met at the Elbe River, near Torgau in Germany, marking an important step toward the end of World War II in Europe. This contact between the Soviets, advancing from the East, and the Americans, advancing from the West, meant that the two powers had effectively cut Germany in two.
The wreath-laying ceremony took place at Arlington National Cemetery with Ambassador of the Russion Federation, Anatoly Antonov and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Thomas Shannon, Jr. speaking. . League and SOA/SFA Delegations to SEA
The trip was very productive and SOA/SFA's parallel effort demonstrated to all the real partnership that now exists between SOA, SFA and the League, a strong combination that impacted those with whom we met, especially in Vietnam, but also in Laos.
The death rate for MACV-SOG (Military Assistance Command Vietnam - Special Operations Group) personnel during the Vietnam War was over 100%, nearly all MIA or KIA/BNR in Vietnamese controlled border areas of Laos and Cambodia. The vast majority of SOA/SFA losses are in Laos, and include USAF, USMC and USN aircrew members flying in support of MACV-SOG missions, including Bright Light recovery efforts. We all are most grateful that SOA and SFA are working so constructively to accomplish our shared mission. Like the League, SOA and SFA support recovery and individual ID's on WWII and Korean War personnel, but NOT at the expense of focused priority on achieving the fullest possible accounting for Vietnam War missing. League Chairman, Ann Mills-Griffiths USRJC 21st Plenum, Moscow, RU
The 21st Plenum of the US Russia Joint Commission on POW/MIAs was held November 7 - 9th, 2017 in Moscow. As invited observers, Ann Mills- Griffiths, Chairman of the Board, National League of POW/MIA Families and Bob Wallace, Executive Director, VFW, were in attendance at the meetings as well as participating in a wreath laying ceremony at the Federal Memorial Military Cemetery. They were also taken on tours of the Anti-aircraft Museum and Patriot Park, as well as attending a reconstruction of the historic Red Square Military Parade of November 7, 1941.
Pictured below are Bob Wallace, General Valery Vostrotin, General Robert "Doc" Foglesong (Ret), Ann Mills- Griffiths, and the Russian Honor Guard. The delegates and attendees were also invited to tour the Russian Air Defense Museum. Pictured below is the Vietnam War display and a Russian anti-aircraft gun. POW/MIA Chair of honor at
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The League office attended the official unveiling of the POW/MIA Chair of Honor at Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitors Center of the U.S. Capitol. The Chair, which will serve as a permanent tribute to American POWs and MIAs, was installed in the Capitol pursuant to the National POW/MIA Remembrance Act (P.L. 114-147), a bill introduced by Congressman Lynch and Senator Warren and signed into law by President Obama in 2016. The Chair of Honor and its accompanying display was made possible by the generous financial support of Rolling Thunder National, along with the contributions of the National League of POW/MIA Families.
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Texas, unveiled the commemorative chair, during the ceremony in the U.S. Capitol's Emancipation Hall on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, |
Please join the National League of POW/MIA Families and the @VietnamVeteransMemorialFund for a candlelight remembrance at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Friday, September 15, 2017, National POW/MIA Recognition Day. We will remember the more than 1,600 still missing and otherwise unaccounted-for, as well as their families. We hope you’ll attend and/or sponsor a candle to be placed at The Wall in honor of their sacrifice. Visit: vvmf.org/POWMIA
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