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Adopt and present a resolution recognizing September 20, 2024 as National POW/MIA Recognition Day in Solano County and honor Prisoner of War and United States Air Force Lt. Col. Richard C. Brenneman (Ret.) for his unwavering patriotism and distinguished service to our country (Supervisor Vasquez)
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
Supervisor Vasquez requests the Board adopt and present a resolution recognizing September 20, 2024 as National POW/MIA Recognition Day in Solano County and honor Prisoner of War and United States Air Force Lt. Col. Richard C. Brenneman (Ret.) for his unwavering patriotism and distinguished service to our country.
SUMMARY:
On National POW/MIA Recognition Day, we pay tribute to our former prisoners of war and recommit to the difficult but essential task of seeking out answers for the families of those still missing. More than 81,500 service members and civilians remain unaccounted for from conflicts dating back to World War II. Nearly 30 current or former Solano County residents have been identified as prisoners of war. The Paris Peace Accords of 1973 famously led to Operation Homecoming, an airlift operation that spanned nearly two months, and during which 600 prisoners of war were released from Hanoi, Vietnam.
One of the repatriated Americans from Operation Homecoming is Lieutenant Colonel Richard C. Brenneman, a Vacaville resident. He was forced to eject from his jet over North Vietnam while flying his 51st mission on November 8, 1967. He spent 1,953 days as a prisoner of war before his release. A National POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. on Sept. 20, 2024 at the Solano County Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 650 Merchant Street, Vacaville. Lt. Col. Richard C. Brenneman will be the guest speaker.
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