10/2/2012 - Colonel Bernard Gruber, Global Positioning Systems director, speaks at the kick-off ceremony for the POW-MIA Day torch run, Sept. 20. The relay began on Terminal Island at the Coast Guard base, crossed the Vincent Thomas Bridge and continued up the coast to El Segundo and Los Angeles AFB. (Photo by Joe Juarez)
10/2/2012 - Runners carry the torch across the Vincent Thomas Bridge during the POW-MIA Day torch run, Sept. 20. (Photo by Joe Juarez)
10/2/2012 - Douglas Loverro, SMC executive director, carries the torch on the relay leg through San Pedro during POW-MIA Day torch run, Sept. 20. (Photo by Joe Juarez)
10/2/2012 - Runners nearing the end of the POW-MIA relay pass by El Segundo Beach, Sept. 20. The relay began on Terminal Island at the Coast Guard base, crossed the Vincent Thomas Bridge and ended at Los Angeles AFB. (Photo by Joe Juarez)
10/2/2012 - Teams of runners run through the night during the POW-MIA Day torch run, Sept. 20. The 24-hour relay culminated with a wreath laying ceremony, Sept. 21. (Photo by Joe Juarez)
10/2/2012 - Colonel Bernard Gruber, accompanied by other members of the GPS directorate, bring the torch into the closing wreath laying ceremony, Sept. 21. (Photo by Joe Juarez)
10/2/2012 - Tony Marshall was the keynote speaker at the POW-MIA wreath laying ceremony, Sept. 21. A 1968 Air Force Academy graduate, he was shot down over Southeast Asia in 1972. He was held as a POW from July 3, 1972 until his release on March 29, 1973. (Photo by Sarah Corrice)
10/2/2012 - Louis Zamperini tells his story of resiliency to a crowd at the Gordon Conference Center, Sept. 21. As a child, a police officer suggested he use his fast feet for sport instead of mischief. By the time he graduated from high school, he set the high school world record for running the mile. He was on the 1936 Olympic Team and was the top U.S. finisher in the 5,000 meter run. During World War II, he joined the Army Air Corps and was a bombardier in the South Pacific. On a reconnaissance flight, his plane crashed into the ocean. He and another crew member were adrift in a life raft for 47 days. He was picked up by the Japanese who held him prisoner until the war ended. (Photo by Joe Juarez)
