Fern Sumpter Winbush, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency principal deputy director, speaks at the National POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony hosted by DPAA at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, Sept. 19, 2025. The American Battle Monuments Commission is a partner organization of DPAA, charged with obligation of maintaining America’s war monuments and cemeteries both at home and around the globe, and eternal commemorations of those Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice in the global struggle for freedom and democracy. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Stephen Holland)