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September 10, 2004

 

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POW/MIA Memorial Week to be Held by UA ROTC

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- University of Alabama Air Force ROTC cadets are sponsoring a Prisoner of War (POW)/Missing in Action (MIA) Memorial Week Sept. 13-17 to honor and remember these soldiers.

  • Kicking off the week will be the POW/MIA Breakfast on Monday, Sept. 13, from 6:15-7:30 a.m. in Alston Hall, room 30.
  • On Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 14, there will be a changing of the guards and a representation of a prison cell on the Ferguson Promenade.
  • On Wednesday, Sept. 15, from 4:30-5:30 p.m., cadets will be running 4.5 miles around the campus in formation with the POW/MIA flag. This will start and finish at the Bureau of Mines Building.
  • On Thursday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m. students and cadets will be holding a candlelight vigil memorial service and cadets will be performing an official reveille and retreat at the Bureau of Mines Building.
  • Cadets will raise the U.S flag for reveille in front of the building at 7 a.m. and lower the flag at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 17.

For more information, contact Jeffrey Burns in Air Force ROTC at 205/447-5333 or burns031@bama.ua.edu.