Everett Waldrum salutes during the playing of the National Anthem at the 2006 Former POW/Purple Heart Luncheon at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Saturday, May 20, 2006. Eighty-two former prisoners of war and 250 Purple Heart recipients attended the luncheon. Lt. Gen. Kevin P. Chilton, 8th Air Force commander, was the keynote speaker. Mr. Waldrum, a former Marine Corps platoon sergeant, was a POW during World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Michael A. Kaplan)