More than 20 people who have vowed never to forget the nation’s POWs and MIAs attended a Missing Man Ceremony hosted Saturday by the VFW Post 8798 Auxiliary, a nationwide event traditionally held on the third Friday of each September. The ceremony includes prayer and flag salute surrounding a place setting for the missing service people. According to The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) more than 83,000 service members are missing from conflicts from World War II to the present time — more than 73,000 from World War II; 7,000+ from the Korean War; 1,600+ from the Vietnam War; 126 service members from the Cold War era; and six from conflicts since 1991. Thirty Oklahomans remain unaccounted for. There are 1,220 Oklahoma MIAs from WWII, 143 from Korea and 30 from Vietnam. (Staff photo)