WASHINGTON D.C. –
The giant black and white photographs of smiling young men flashed on the screens. Name, rank and branch of military service are listed below their smiles.
PFC Willie Valdez Galven, U.S. Army
Sgt Walter Henry Tolbin Jr., U.S. Army
Cpl Isabel Arredondo Ortiz, U.S. Army
PFC Ray Palmer Fairchild, U.S. Marines
The names kept coming. No repeats.
Just one smiling face after another that often vanished before I could even register the full name — including my uncle's.
The fleeting images and names were a fitting metaphor for the occasion as 546 people gathered in mid-August for the 2023 Korean/Cold War Annual Government Briefings hosted by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.
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