POW/MIA Collector's Edition Patch

Company

National Park Service

Price

$6.95

Source

Official Store

During the Vietnam conflict, the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia recognized the need for a symbol. In 1972, the POW/MIA flag was designed by Newt Heisley and quickly gained widespread acceptance. To date, the POW/MIA flag is the only flag, besides the American flag, to have flown at the White House. The POW/MIA patch features the silhouette of an American POW with barbed wire and a guard tower representing his imprisonment. Written below that silhouette is the promise to all remaining American prisoners of war, You are not forgotten. Show your…