VA to Observe POW/MIA Recognition Day September 21
IRON MOUNTAIN – The Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center in Iron Mountain,
Michigan, will be holding a National POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony at 11:00 a.m.
(CT) Friday, September 21, 2016, at Pine Grove Country Club. The public is welcome to
attend the ceremony. The ceremony will pay tribute to America’s former prisoners of war
who live in the Upper Peninsula and Northeast Wisconsin and those killed or still missing in
action.
The keynote speaker will be Jim Zeigler, Chief, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
and currently acting Assistant Medical Center Director of Bay Pines VA Healthcare System
in Bay Pines, Florida. The ceremony will include music and readings, Color Guard by
American Legion Post 50 and taps. A private luncheon for the former POWs and their
families will follow the ceremony.
Pine Grove Country Club is located at 1520 W Hughitt Street in Iron Mountain,
Michigan.
Questions regarding the POW/MIA ceremony may be directed to Brad Nelson at (906)
774-3300, extension 32001.