Military
Mount POW/MIA is an Alaska mountain in Chugach State Park dedicated to American service members who were prisoners of war or missing in action. Long known as Anvil Peak, it was officially renamed in 1999 after a campaign by Vietnam veteran John Morrissey and veterans advocate Leo Kaye, who sought recognition of the summit as a monument for Americans who had been POW or MIA in past and future conflicts. A black-and-white POW/MIA flag flies on the summit and is replaced annually during Memorial Day weekend by the local Colony Army JROTC. Morrissey’s ashes were placed on the mountain in 2008, reinforcing its role as a living memorial.
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Knik River, Alaska · United States
