POW bracelet

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A POW bracelet (or POW/MIA bracelet) is a nickel-plated or copper commemorative bracelet engraved with the rank, name, and loss date of an American serviceman captured or lacking at some point of the Vietnam War.

The bracelets had been first created in May 1970 by means of a California student group referred to as Voices in Vital America (VIVA), with the purpose that American Prisoners Of War in Vietnam now not be forgotten.

Those who wore the bracelets vowed to go away them on until the soldier named on the bracelet, or their stays, were again to America.

Between 1970 and 1976, approximately 5 million bracelets had been dispensed.