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BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
GOVERNOR
POW /MIA RECOGNITION WEEK
2012
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, on National POW/MIA Recognition Day, we reaffirm our commitment to
resolve the fate of those Americans who continue to be unaccounted for while serving our nation
during World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and the Cold War; and
WHEREAS, North Carolina continues to provide a strong commitment to our state's
active military, National Guard, and Reserve personnel; and
WHEREAS, we remember those who are still missing in action, more than 74,384 from
World War II, Korea and Vietnam, of which 2,300 are from North Carolina; and
WHEREAS, on this day, the National League of Families POW /MIA flag, which is a
black and white banner symbolizing America's missing, is flown over the White House, the U.S.
Capitol, military installations and many homes throughout our great nation; and
WHEREAS, this flag is the symbol that reflects America's commitment, to those service
members who were imprisoned or missing while serving in the armed forces, to never rest until
there is a full accounting of those who are still missing; and
WHEREAS, today, North Carolina citizens are asked to remember in prayer and thoughts
those service members who are unaccounted for, as well as the courageous families left behind;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE, Governor of the State ofNorth
Carolina, do hereby proclaim September 16-22,2012, as "POW/MIA RECOGNITION
WEEK" in North Carolina, dedicated to all former American prisoners of war, and to those still
missing and their families. I urge all residents of the State ofNorth Carolina to join me in this
week of remembrance.
- BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of
North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this twenty-sixth day of July in the year of our Lord two thousand
and twelve, and ofthe Independence,ofthe United States of America the two hundred and thirty-seventh.