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Ramstein pays tribute to POW/MIAs

Photos by Staff Sgt. Emma James
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
October 29, 2021
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Josh Olson, 86th Airlift Wing commander, coins Vietnam veterans during a POW/MIA recognition ceremony at Ramstein Air Base, Oct. 15. National POW/MIA Recognition Day was originally established in 1979 through a proclamation signed by President Jimmy Carter.
Col. Swede Seagren, retired, Vietnam War veteran and original member of the Red River Rats Fighter Pilots Association, gives a speech in front of the Red River Memorial monument on Ramstein Air Base, Oct. 15. The River Rat memorial was established in 1976 by Ramstein’s Europe Rats for all who fought in Vietnam and did not return.
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Josh Olson, 86th Airlift Wing Commander, renders a salute during the presentation of colors at a POW/MIA Recognition ceremony at Ramstein Air Base, Oct. 15. National POW/MIA Recognition Day is formally recognized Sept. 17, but was postponed due to the installation’s support of the Afghanistan evacuation.
Col. Swede Seagren, retired, Vietnam War veteran and original member of the Red River Rats Fighter Pilots Association, gives a speech in front of the Red River Memorial monument during a POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony at Ramstein Air Base, Oct. 15. National POW/MIA Recognition Day pays tribute to former prisoners of war and the 81,600 service members who remain missing in action.
A POW/MIA Recognition ceremony was held at the River Rat memorial on Ramstein Air Base to pay tribute to those who are prisoners of war and missing in action Oct. 15. More than 80,500 service members remain missing in action.
Members of Ramstein High School Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps place a wreath at the River Rat Memorial at Ramstein Air Base, Oct. 15. A POW/MIA Recognition ceremony was held to pay tribute to former prisoners of war and the 81,600 service members who remain missing in action.
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