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a. The designation for a member of an organization (usually military) with whom contact is lost and whose whereabouts are not known, but whose death is not confirmed. alt. The designation for a member of an organization (usually military) with whom contact is lost and whose whereabouts are not known, but whose death is not confirmed.
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Missing in action (MIA) is a casualty classification assigned to combatants, military chaplains, combat medics, and prisoners of war who are reported missing during wartime or ceasefire. They may have been killed, become prisoners of war, wounded, or deserted. If deceased, neither their remains nor grave has been positively identified. Becoming MIA has been an occupational risk for as long as there has been warfare or ceasefire.
Missing in Action is a 1984 American action B-movie directed by Joseph Zito and starring Chuck Norris. It is set in the context of the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue. Colonel Braddock, who escaped a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp 10 years earlier, returns to Vietnam to find American soldiers listed as missing in action during the Vietnam War. The film was followed by a prequel, Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985), and a sequel, Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988).
The concept for the film originated from a story treatment, written by James Cameron in 1983, for the film Rambo: First Blood Part II that was floating around Hollywood at the time. This explains the similar plotlines between Rambo and MIA. Representatives from Cannon Group claimed to have been " inspired" by Cameron's script and subsequently produced and released the first two Missing in Action films two months before the release of Rambo, in order to avoid copyright violation lawsuits.
Missing in Action 2 was filmed back to back with Missing in Action, and was actually set to be released first before the producers changed their minds.
Despite the overwhelmingly negative reception, the film was a commercial success and has become one of Chuck Norris's most popular films. It was also Chuck Norris's first film with The Cannon Group.
M.I.A.: Missing in Action is platform arcade game released by Konami in 1989. The game is a spiritual successor to Green Beret (also known as Rush'n Attack).
The game is influenced by popular action movies of the time such as Commando, Rambo: First Blood Part II, and Missing in Action.
Missing in Action was made available on Microsoft's Game Room service for its Xbox 360 console and for Windows-based PCs on December 15, 2010.
Missing in action is the status of a missing member of the armed services.
Missing in action may also refer to:
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Missing in Action (film), a 1984 film starring Chuck Norris
- Missing in Action 2: The Beginning, the 1985 prequel
- Braddock: Missing in Action III, the 1988 sequel
- Missing in Action (video game), a 1989 game by Konami
- "Missing in Action" (Star Wars: The Clone Wars), a fifth season episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- Missing in Action (album), an album by Dale Bozzio
Missing In Action is the fifth solo album by American new wave artist Dale Bozzio, released in 2014.
Usage examples of "missing in action".
Teacher standing tall on the right, big glasses, two rows of weans beside her, teeth missing in action from a few of the beaming smiles, knee-patches on all the boys at the front, bunches sticking out like jug-handles on the girls.
Nineteen thousand dead or missing in action as they passed through the jungles of a place I didn't recognize, when the napalm fell upon them from the strange buzzing things that passed overhead.
Nineteen thousand dead or missing in action as they passed through the jungles of a place I didn’.
Scotty had done his share and come home, Sulu was still missing in action, and the stakes were just too high.
The sergeants later claimed they were missing in action, but they weren't fooling anybody.
Before they got their names and numbers in that book, they were missing in action and probably dead.