The National Naval Aviation Museum (NNAM) and the Pensacola Blue Wahoos baseball team are partnering to host a press conference Tuesday where a new, commemorative POW/MIA-inspired uniform patch will be unveiled.
The press conference will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 12 at 1:30 p.m. in the season ticket member lounge at the Wahoos stadium. The patch will honor the 50th Anniversary of Operation Homecoming – where nearly 600 American prisoners of war returned from Vietnam in 1973.
Tuesday’s press conference will also be the first glimpse of the upcoming POW-Return with Honor Exhibit set to open in April 2024 at the National Naval Aviation Museum. The exhibit will feature advanced AI technology and will be one of the most extensive exhibits at the museum. An artist’s rendering of the new exhibit will be on display at the press conference.
Speakers at the press conference include Adm. Kyle Cozad, President and CEO of the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation, and Jonathon Griffith, President of the Pensacola Blue Wahoos.
NNAM is the sponsoring partner for the Sunday, Sept. 17th home game where the Wahoos players will wear the commemorative POW/MIA patch on their jerseys in honor of POW/MIA Recognition Day. A few former POWs are set to throw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the start of the game against the Mississippi Braves at 4:05 p.m.