Tech. Sgt. Charles Manz, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief NCO in charge, attaches the U.S. flag to a pole on Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 14, 2023. Manz, a member of the Air Force Sergeant Association Chapter 1551, helped coordinate Yokota’s first-ever POW/MIA 24-hour remembrance run. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Samantha White) ()
Team Yokota honored Americans who were prisoners of war and more than 81,000 who served and never returned home for National POW/MIA recognition day by hosting its first-ever 24-hour POW/MIA remembrance run, Sept. 14-15.
The Air Force Sergeants Association Chapter 1551 hosted this year’s events, which included the run and a remembrance ceremony to bring the memorial to a close.
