Within the MIA/POW Memorial in the Riverside National Cemetery (22495 Van Buren Boulevard, Riverside) is an emotion-evoking statue of a prisoner on his knees in captivity. According to a US Department of Veterans Affairs website, "The Prisoner of War/Missing in Action National Memorial was designated as a national memorial by the U.S. Congress in 2004 through Public Law 108-454. The memorial was dedicated on September 16, 2005. Vietnam veteran Lewis Lee Millett, Jr., sculpted the bronze statue which depicts an American serviceman on his knees with hands bound by his captors. The statue is surrounded by black marble pillars that evoke imprisonment."
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