Vance 2007 POW/MIA retreat ceremony

Members of the Vance Silver Talons Honor Guard secure the flag at the conclusion of the Vance 2007 POW/MIA retreat ceremony Friday. More than 100 base members and guests attended the event, including Fran Hoad, an Enid resident and World War II prisoner of war. Mr. Hoad spent 13 months in a German prison camp after his B-17 aircraft was shot down by 105mm guns over Belgium April 10, 1944. At the conclusion of the ceremony, Colonel Klumpp and Mr. Hoad laid a wreath at the base of the flagpole in front of the Vance headquarters building. A group of T-38s from the 25th Flying Training Squadron flew over the gathering in a “missing man” formation to symbolize fallen comrades. POW/MIA Recognition Day was established in 1979 to honor prisoners of war who returned home, as well as those still missing in action. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Tony Wickman)

PHOTO BY: Capt. Tony Wickman

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