Remembering World War II's 80,000 MIA

Recently, I saw an article about American MIAs—those service members who went “missing in action” during World War II—and, frankly, was taken aback. According to figures from the U.S. Department of Defense's POW/MIA Accounting Agency, more than 80,000 World War II soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines have never been found and fully accounted for.

Eighty thousand.

Let that sink in for a moment.

That's nearly six full infantry divisions.

Gone.

Vanished.

Without a trace.