The National League of Families POW/MIA flag, often referred to as the POW/MIA flag, was adopted in 1972 and consists of the official emblem of the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia in white on a black background.

The POW/MIA Flag . In 1971, Mrs. Michael Hoff, the wife of a U.S. military officer listed as missing in action during the Vietnam War, developed the idea for a national flag to remind every American of the U.S. servicemembers whose fates were never accounted for during the war.

2015年8月12日 · You see it everywhere—the stark, black-and-white POW/MIA flag—flying in front of VA hospitals, post offices and other federal, state and local government buildings, businesses and homes. It flaps on motorcycles, cars and pickup trucks.

This POW/MIA flag, the only flag displayed in the US Capitol Rotunda, stands as a powerful symbol of our national commitment to our POW/MIAs until the fullest possible accounting for Americans still missing in Southeast Asia has been achieved.

2012年12月29日 · The League’s POW/MIA flag is the only flag ever displayed in the US Capitol Rotunda where it stands as a powerful symbol of America’s determination to account for US personnel still missing and unaccounted-for from the Vietnam War.

Other than "Old Glory," the League’s POW/MIA flag is the flag ever to fly over the White House, displayed since 1982 in this place of honor on National POW/MIA Recognition Day, now displayed daily.

2025年3月20日 · The POW/MIA flag was designed in 1971 in honor of Michael Hoff, a Navy officer listed as missing in action during the Vietnam War and never found. Getty Images. In 2019, ...

2017年9月15日 · In 1982, it became the only flag other than the American flag to fly over the White House. In 1990, Congress recognized the flag as a “symbol of our Nation’s concern and commitment to...

2025年3月20日 · Newcastle Mayor Robert Clark blew up on an LGBTQ activist at a council meeting who said flying the POW/MIA flag over city hall and not wanting to fly the pride flag is a “political stunt."

3 天之前 · The POW MIA flag was created in 1972 during the height of the Vietnam War, a time when the American public was increasingly aware of the many service members who were unaccounted for. Concerned about the government’s response to these missing and captured soldiers, the National League of POW MIA Families commissioned Newt Heisley, a World War ...