Let's Thank Our Vets......all of them (properties, bank, airport)

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Actor/comedian Blake Clark brings out the laughs from his audience of U.S. service men and women during a United
Services Organization show at Camp Victory, Iraq, on December 14th, 2004. Vietnam Veteran Clark joined Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard B. Myers, U.S. Air Force, John Elway, Leann Tweeden and Robin Williams
on the USO tour to meet, entertain and thank the deployed troops. Courtesy DoD, photo by U.S. Air Force Technical
Sergeant Scott M. Ash.

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A small American flag stands up against The Wall during the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund ceremony to add the
name of U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Taylor to Panel 7W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington,
DC, May 4th, 2010, DoD photo by William D. Moss.

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Texas Congressman Sam Johnson, keynote speaker at the National POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony held at the
Pentagon on September 20th, 2002, signs an autograph for a fellow Vietnam War veteran. Johnson, an Air Force
fighter pilot during the Korean and Vietnam Wars, spent seven years in captivity in Hanoi, Vietnam, after his F-4
Phantom was shot down on his 25th combat mission of that war. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers co-hosted the annual event. Courtesy DoD, photo by
R. D. Ward.

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NEW YORK - A member of Rolling Thunder, a military veteran motorcycle organization, rides in formation out of New
York City, May 5th, 2010. The riders are bringing a flag flown over the World Trade Center construction site to
Colorado Springs, Colorado, for the 2010 Warrior Games. The competition for wounded service members will take
place May 10-14, 2010 at the US Olympic Training Center. Official Marine Corps photo by Sergeant Randall A. Clinton.

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Gulf of Mexico, May 6th, 2010 - Dark clouds of smoke and fire emerge as oil burns during a controlled fire in the Gulf
of Mexico. The U.S. Coast Guard working in partnership with BP PLC, local residents, and other federal agencies
conducted the "in situ burn" to aid in preventing the spread of oil following the April 20 explosion on Mobile
Offshore Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin
Stumberg.

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Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines raise their hands and swear allegiance to the United States during a
naturalization ceremony, April 23rd, 2010, at the White House.

The service members hailed from nations such as Brazil, China, Colombia, England, Ethiopia, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya,
Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago.

More info: Troops Born Abroad Take Citizenship Oath

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Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sergeant William L. Browne, Drum Major, directs the United States Marine Band during
the Evening Parade at Marine Barracks Washington D.C., April 30th, 2010. Official United States Marine Corps photo
by Corporal Christopher A. Green.

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PERTH AMBOY, New Jersey - Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Cynthia Gaytan delivers taps during a wreath laying
ceremony in honor of William Vogt, a Coast Guard World War II veteran, at the Raritan Yacht Club in Perth Amboy,
New Jersey, today.Vogt, a man that many consider a hero, died in the company of his family in Florham Park, New
Jersey, Saturday. The S.S. El Estero caught fire with 1,300 tons of explosives aboard in April of 1943. Next to the El
Estero was another ship with an equal amount of explosives as well as train cars carrying explosives and fuel
containment facilities nearby in Bayonne, the explosives were all headed to support the war effort in the European
Theater. Vogt, along with other Coast Guard members, answered a call for volunteers and acted with speed and
courage, voluntarily boarding the ship while it was ablaze to keep the explosives, munitions, bunker buster bombs,
depth charges and fuel barrels from exploding. It was estimated that if the explosives detonated, the result would
be akin to the power of a small atomic bomb detonating in New York Harbor. The explosion would have caused
incalculable damage to Lower Manhattan, Bayonne, New Jersey, Governors Island, Staten Island and Brooklyn. After
hours of fighting the fire, the ship was towed by tugs to Robbins Reef where the vessel filled with water and sank to
rest on the bottom. The Coast Guard commendation medal was presented to Vogt for his selfless actions at a
hospice care center Thursday, in Florham Park, New Jersey and his fellow Coast Guardsmen were also awarded a gold
medal and a parade from the City of Bayonne, New Jersey, September 25th, 1944. Photo courtesy U.S. Coast Guard,
photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Annie R. B. Elis, April 13th 2010.

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Five battle crosses, representing five Marines from 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, who were killed in action,
are displayed during a memorial service on Patrol Base Hassan Abad, Garmsir District, Helmand province,
Afghanistan, March 22nd, 2010. Pfc. Jason H. Estopinal, a rifleman with Golf Company, 2/2, Staff Sgt. Christopher W.
Eckard an explosive ordinance disposal technician attached to Golf Company, 2/2, Lance Cpl. Adam D. Peak, a
motarman with Weapons Company, 2/2, Lance Cpl. Eric L. Ward, a machine gunner with Weapons Company, and
Lance Cpl. Garrett W. Gamble, an automatic rifleman with Golf Company, 2/2, were killed in action while conducting
counterinsurgency operations in Garmsir District. “I want [Eckard’s] boys to know that he is a true American hero as
are Pfc. Estopinal, Lance Cpl. Peak, Lance Cpl. Ward, and Lance Cpl. Gamble,” said Gunnery Sgt. Daniel R. Thibault
Jr., an explosive ordinance technician attached to 2/2. “Let’s keep their memories alive by continuing to close with
and destroy the enemy and believing in our mission.” Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Dwight A.
Henderson.

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Korean Service Corps Pays Tribute to Fallen Comrades. A Korean War veteran gives his respect to his fallen
comrades buried in area 22, National Cemetery in Seoul on July 28th, 2008. Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army, Photo by
Private First Class Ji, Yung Chul.