Local veterans listen attentively during a Prisoner of War/Missing in Action retreat ceremony Sept. 20, 2013 at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. Since 1979, POW/MIA Day has been observed across the nation on the third Friday of September each year, allowing Americans to remember those service members who made selfless sacrifices for their nation and those who never came home. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Whitney Tucker)