Mount POW/MIA, Mountain summit in Chugach State Park, Alaska, United States.
Mount POW/MIA is a mountain in Chugach State Park, Alaska, just north of Eklutna Lake and west of Twin Peaks and Bull Peak, about six miles southeast of Wasilla. It is dedicated to American prisoners of war and those missing in action, and a POW/MIA flag flies at its summit.
The mountain received its official name on Veterans Day in 1999 through the efforts of Vietnam veteran John Morrissey and veterans advocate Leo Kaye. This naming was a deliberate act of honoring prisoners of war and those missing in action.
A POW/MIA flag stands at the summit as a tribute to service members captured or lost during conflict. Visitors encounter this symbol when they reach the top, transforming the peak into a place of remembrance.
The hike takes between two to six hours depending on fitness and conditions. The best climbing season runs from May through August when weather is most favorable.
The mountain was known locally as Anvil Peak before John Morrissey, a Vietnam veteran from Patterson, New York, and veterans advocate Leo Kaye pressed the USGS to rename it; the official naming came on Veterans Day 1999. Morrissey died in New York on September 19, 2007, and his ashes were placed on the mountain on June 17, 2008.
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