Yokota holds first-ever 24-hour POW/MIA remembrance run

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The ‘Missing Man Table’ sits inside of the Yokota Base Exchange facility during National POW/MIA recognition day, Sept. 15, 2023. The table was displayed in honor of the legacy and sacrifices of POW/MIA service members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Samantha White)

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Tech. Sgt. Charles Manz, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief NCO in charge, attaches the U.S. flag to a pole on Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 14, 2023. Manz, a member of the Air Force Sergeant Association Chapter 1551, helped coordinate Yokota’s first-ever POW/MIA 24-hour remembrance run. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Samantha White)

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The first two participants in Yokota’s 24-hour POW/MIA event run a lap around the track at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 14, 2023. The event required two participants to hold a U.S. flag and a POW/MIA flag while running for 15 minutes at a time before new participants took over. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Samantha White)

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Airman 1st Class Seth Hotchkin, 374th Security Forces Squadron (left), and Senior Airman Seth Martinez, 374th SFS, jog around the track during a 24-hour POW/MIA remembrance run at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 15, 2023. The two participated once at night and then ran again to close out the 24-hour event. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Samantha White)

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Participants watch as the sun rises during a 24-hour POW/MIA remembrance run at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 15, 2023. The U.S. flag and the POW/MIA flag were carried throughout the entirety of the 24-hour event to honor Americans who were prisoners of war and more than 81,000 who served and never returned home. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Samantha White)

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A participant holds the U.S. flag while walking around the Yokota track during a 24-hour POW/MIA remembrance run at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 15, 2023. The event was held in remembrance of prisoners of war and over 81,000 Americans still missing in action. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Samantha White)

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Members of the 353rd Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron run around the Yokota track during a 24-hour POW/MIA remembrance run at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 15, 2023. This year's POW/MIA events were hosted by the Air Force Sergeants Association, and included the run and a remembrance ceremony to bring the memorial to a close. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Samantha White)

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Members of the 353rd Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron run in formation during a 24-hour POW/MIA remembrance run at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 15, 2023. More than 45 members from the 353rd SOW participated and ran a portion of the 24-hour event to honor Americans who were prisoners of war and more than 81,000 who served and never returned home. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Samantha White)

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Members of the 353rd Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron run in formation during a 24-hour POW/MIA remembrance run at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 15, 2023. National POW/MIA recognition day was first established in 1979 through a proclamation signed by President Jimmy Carter to honor Americans who were prisoners of war as well as those who served and never returned home. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Samantha White)

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A member of the Yokota Air Base Honor Guard holds a folded U.S. flag during a POW/MIA remembrance ceremony at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 15, 2023. The ceremony included stories from POW/MIA service members as well as a flag folding ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Samantha White)

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Team Yokota honored Americans who were prisoners of war and more than 81,000 who served and never returned home for National POW/MIA recognition day by hosting its first-ever 24-hour POW/MIA remembrance run, Sept. 14-15.

The Air Force Sergeants Association Chapter 1551 hosted this year’s events, which included the run and a remembrance ceremony to bring the memorial to a close.

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