Public Law 102–373

Joint Resolution

Designating September 18, 1992, as “National POW/MIA Recognition Day”, and authorizing display of the National League of Families POW/MIA flag.

Whereas the United States has fought in many wars, most recently in unprecedented unity with Allied forces in the Persian Gulf;

Whereas thousands of Americans who served in those wars were captured by the enemy or listed as missing in action;

Whereas many American prisoners of war were subjected to brutal and inhumane treatment by their enemy captors in violation of international codes and customs for the treatment of prisoners of war, and many such prisoners of war died from such treatment;

Whereas many of these Americans are still listed as missing and unaccounted for, and the uncertainty surrounding their fates has caused their families to suffer acute and continuing hardships;

Whereas, in Public Law 101–355, the Federal Government officially recognized and designated the National League of Families POW/ MIA flag as the symbol of the Nation’s concern and commitment to resolving as fully as possible the fates of Americans still prisoner, missing in action, or unaccounted for in Southeast Asia; and

Whereas the sacrifices of Americans still missing and unaccounted for from all our Nation’s wars and their families are deserving of national recognition and support for continued priority efforts to determine the fate of those missing Americans: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Approved September 30, 1992.