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VAFB celebrates POW/MIA week
Members of the installation attend the POW/MIA Candle Light Vigil Sept. 19, 2019, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. During the event, the members stood in silence as guest speaker, Elizabeth Lucero-Mason, shared the story of her father, Telesfor Lucero, who was taken as a POW in 1943. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brittany E. N. Murphy)