Ronald Reagan actually said...

I do hereby designate July 9, 1982 as National P.O.W.-M.I.A. Recognition Day.

Does that flag still wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

The United States and the freedom for which it stands, the freedom for which they died, must endure and prosper.

Let us pledge that their lives, their sacrifices, their valor shall be justified and remembered for as long as God gives life to this nation...