National POW/MIA Recognition Day, Sept. 15 , 2023 – Eugene Ramos

Each year on the third Friday of September, we honor and remember our nation’s Prisoners of War who suffered under enemy captivity, as well as those who are still Missing in Action. As such, we wanted to take the opportunity to recognize Eugene Ramos is a local Veteran who spent over two years as a prisoner of war in Korea and returned home to continue serving his country and his fellow...
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Defense POW Annual Meeting 2025

Phil O’Brien, long time friend of the Association, spoke at the 2025 Defense POW Annual Meeting in August 2025. Here is a link to the videos. Scroll to 2025 Korea/Cold War Annual Government Briefings Day 1 Part 5. Phil begins at 1 hr 2 minutes. His talk is continued in Day 1, Part 6.
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Korean War Peace Ambassador Medal

My name is Ben Chon, a Korean Chaplain at VA hospital in PA. Korean War POWs helped Korea to survive the War and laid the foundation for Korea’s success today. I would like to honor them with the AMBASSADOR OF PEACE medal from the Republic of Korea. I would like to explore the possibility of reaching out to the families and to help them apply for the medal. All Korean War Veterans, living or...
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PVT James Coogan

Kristi-Lynn Gonzales is looking for any information regarding Private James Coogan, 1 CD Camp 1; her deceased grandfather.
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Hiroshi ‘Hershey’ Miyamura

Hershey died on November 29, 2022. He was memorialized by New Mexico Senators, Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján. Following is a link to the memorials. https://www.heinrich.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/heinrich-lujan-deliver-senate-floor-remarks-honoring-life-of-medal-of-honor-recipient-gallup-resident-hiroshi-hershey-miyamura Here is a link to his obituary. OBITUARY: Hershey Miyamura, 97;...
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