CARSON CITY -- Because of the persistence of a Vietnam War veteran from Las Vegas, the POW-MIA flag will fly in front of the state Capitol on Veterans Day and every other day from now on.

The POW/MIA flag was born as a political banner, not a battle flag. It was commissioned in 1972 by the National League of POW/MIA Families, ...

American Legion to Congress: Don't Replace POW/MIA Flags with Transgender Banners Test caption - A POW/MIA flag stands outside a Senate office in the Russell building on Capitol Hill in Washington ...

FORT RUCKER, Ala. (September 25, 2014) -- As the black and white banner symbolizing America's missing in action and prisoners of war flew over the White House and the nation's capitol, hundreds ...

You’ve probably seen that black and white POW/MIA flag flying somewhere nearby. The stark banner, dedicated to American prisoners of war and those missing in action, is especially ubiquitous ...

Beginning in 2016, an effort was begun in Weirton to recognize the military service of the men and women who have called the ...

A 50th anniversary version of the POW-MIA banner hangs inside Baker City Hall. BAKER CITY — The black-and-white flag that honors America’s military members who are prisoners of war or are ...

I disagree with some of my fellow Vietnam veterans who want their own annual Veterans Day. They are honored on Nov. 11, not forgotten.

The black and white banner, which drew attention to U.S. combat forces taken prisoner of war or deemed missing in action, was designed by Heisley's father in 1970, and the then-22-year-old's turn ...

MANNHEIM, Germany — When Dick Kennedy drove onto Sullivan Barracks on Sept. 19, he hoped to see his beloved POW/MIA banner flying on the community flagole below Old Glory.

A controversial column has the internet buzzing. Reflecting on the national discourse that prompted widespread condemnation of the Confederate flag, Newsweek commentator and author Rick Perlstein ...