Let's Thank Our Vets......all of them (2014, people, years)

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Haiyan Relief - U.S. Marines help displaced Philippine nationals from the back of a KC-130J Super Hercules at
Vilamor Air Base, Manila, Republic of the Philippines November 11th, 2013. Super Typhoon Haiyan has impacted more
than 4.2 million people across 36 provinces in the Philippines, according to the Philippine government's national
disaster risk reduction and management council.

Original date: 2013:11:11
Object Name: 131111-M-DG262-184
Special Instructions: Released, Lance Cpl. Caleb Hoover, III Marine Expeditionary Force / Marine Corps installations Pacific via DVIDS.
Primary Location Code: PH
Country Name: Philippines
Credit: U.S. Marines
Copyright Notice: Public Domain
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US Army Japan Commander Visits Regions Affected By Earthquake - Major General Michael T. Harrison,
commanding U.S. Army Japan I-Corps (Forward), high-fives a toddler, displaced by the Great East Earthquake in
Matsushima, Japan, April 15th, 2011. Harrison visited schools, train stations, shower points and shelters for displaced
citizens to reaffirm the U.S. military's commitment to the helping the Japanese people.

Object Name: 110415-A-NP396-751
By-line: Spc. Cody Thompson
By-line Title: U.S. Army Japan
City: Matsushima, Miyagi
Province-State: Miyagi
Primary Location Code: JP
Credit: U.S. Army
Copyright Notice: Public Domain
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[franklin_mac]

These photos are amazing, bro.

[High_Plains_Retired]

Here's a pic of an acquaintance from school and was once a neighbor. In school he went by the name Eugene.

BTW, if anyone ever comes across the somewhat renown Time (or Life?) photo of Eugene riding on top of a military tank along with other soldiers, please let me know. In the photo, Eugene is lying wounded and is being given plasma from a raised bottle held by another soldier. The soldiers on the tank are not named in the photo. Some of us have been looking for that photo for many years.

Virtual Vietnam Veterans Wall of Faces | WESLEY E HODGES | MARINE CORPS

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Marines In Afghanistan Honor Brethren Killed In Helicopter Crash - Sergeant Major Mitchell Green holds the
dog tags of a fallen Marine as he pays his respects to his comrades during a ceremony at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan,
January 24th 2012. Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363 held a ceremony to honor six Marines who were killed
when their CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter crashed conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan,
January 19th 2012. While the crash is currently under investigation, NATO officials said there were no signs of enemy
activity in the area at the time of the incident. "Every Marine in this squadron understands the dangers of our job,
but that doesn't make it any easier when something like this happens," said Green, the squadron sergeant major.
"People are shocked, people are upset and people are hurt. We still have a mission to do, and it's not done until we're
heading back home to Hawaii.".

Original date: 2012:01:24
Object Name: 120124-M-UC900-054
Special Instructions: Released, Cpl. Brian Adam Jones, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) via DVIDS.
City: CAMP LEATHERNECK
Primary Location Code: AF
Country Name: AF
Credit: U.S. Marines
Copyright Notice: Public Domain
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[squidouttawater]

In Clarkston Washington we are trying to build this:

It serves as a thank you to all veterans that are from, served at or moved to Anatone, Asotin, or Clarkston, Washington or Lapwai or Lewiston, Idaho. We are including all branches, reserves, National Guards, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marines. Basically if you are considered a veteran and have lived in any of the above towns, we are including you on the monument until the monument is full. After that, we expand. Initial costs are estimated at $500,000 for the whole project. Since the board members are retired military and supporters (I myself was kicked at 100% disabled, kicking and screaming) nobody takes a wage that's part of the group. Thank you veterans.You shouldn't have to die to be honored for your sacrifice and nobody should have to pay to be on their own monument.
www.lewisclarkvalleyveteranswall.com

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Thanksgiving Story Time With The General - A long line of hungry folks stack their plates with Thanksgiving food
at the post library after the annual Thanksgiving Story Time, November 23rd, 2013. General Curtis M. Scaparrotti,
commander of U.N. Command, ROK-U.S. Combined Forces Command and U.S. Forces Korea, read
Thanksgiving-themed books to the roughly 70 kids who attended.

U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Young-Ho Jung.
Original date: 2013:11:24
Object Name: 131124-A-XY123-004
Special Instructions: Released, Pfc. Young Ho Jung, U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan via DVIDS.
By-line Title: U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan
City: Yongsan
Province-State: 11
Primary Location Code: KR
Country Name: South Korea
Credit: U.S. Army
Copyright Notice: Public Domain
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Vietnam Veterans Homecoming Celebration - More than 2,000 riders participated in the Vietnam Veterans
Homecoming Celebration at the Charlotte Motor Speedway March 31st, 2012. The organization is most commonly
recognized by their motorcycles displaying U.S. and Prisoners of War flags.

Original date: 2012:03:31
Object Name: 120331-A-8203J-002
Keyword-24: Rolling Thunder
Special Instructions: Released, Sgt. Katryn Tuton, 50th Public Affairs Detachment, via DVIDS.
City: Charlotte
Province-State: NC
Credit: U.S. Army
Copyright Notice: Public Domain
551900

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Memorial Ceremony - Quorn, England - Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Cotman and others from Quorn, England walking
beneath the "82nd Airborne" Gate prior to the rededication ceremony on September 17th, 2012. The ceremony was
held at Stafford Orchard Park in Quorn, England which is also where the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment camped
prior to their third and fourth combat jumps in Normandy and Holland.

Object Name: 120917-A-HL144-001
Special Instructions: Released, Spc. Mia Klavon, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division via DVIDS.
City: Quorn
Province-State: ENG
Primary Location Code: GB
Country Name: GB
Credit: U.S. Army
Copyright Notice: Public Domain
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[Mr Blue Sky]

Paratroopers from the French 8th Marine Parachute Infantry Regiment checking their equipment prior to a patrol in search of
Bangui insurgents, Central African Republic.

Photographer Issouf Sanogo of the Agence France-Presse.
March 2013