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U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Grace Nichols

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Grace Nichols ()

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Murtadiy Carrington, 35th Force Support Squadron Honor Guard bugle player, performs Taps during the POW/MIA Ceremony at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 18, 2020. Since World War I, approximately 83,400 U.S. service members are still unaccounted for, and more than 150,000 Americans have been held as prisoners of war.

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