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Hoosiers Host Veterans Day Ceremony, Parade - Indiana veterans observe Veterans Day services November 11, 2010,
at the Indiana War Memorial in Indianapolis. U.S. Army photo by John Crosby.
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Army Aeroplane, San Antonio, Texas between 1910 and 1915. From unverified data provided by the Bain News Service
on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of "George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress)".
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.09381.
Call Number: LC-B2- 2220-15
The Naval Station Regional Ceremonial Guard conducts a 21-gun salute in honor of U.S. Sailors and submarines lost
during World War II during a Veterans Day ceremony at the USS Parche Submarine Memorial Park at Joint Base Pearl
Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, November 11th, 2010. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ronald
Gutridge.
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World War II fighter pilot and retired U.S. Army Air Forces Lieutenant Colonel Jack Schofield salutes the crowd during
the Las Vegas Veterans Day Parade in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 11th, 2010. Schofield was a member of the
fighter squadron known as the Flying Tigers. DoD photo by Technical Sergeant Michael R. Holzworth, U.S. Air Force.
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Astronauts and retired U.S. Sailors Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell and Gene Cernan receive a standing ovation from
Sailors and Marines at the end of a panel discussion in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman
(CVN 75) in the Arabian Sea October 9, 2010. The retired astronauts visited the ship to meet with Sailors and Marines
as part of the Legends of Aerospace tour. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kilho Park.
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The Naval Station Regional Ceremonial Guard conducts a 21-gun salute in honor of U.S. Sailors and submarines lost
during World War II during a Veterans Day ceremony at the USS Parche Submarine Memorial Park at Joint Base Pearl
Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, November 11th, 2010. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ronald
Gutridge. 101111-N-3560G-006
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First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden greet Sesame Street Muppets Telly and Grover while Elmo waits for his
hug during a “Joining Forces” community event in Columbus, Ohio, April 14, 2011. The event also kicked off the
Sesame Street and USO Experience for Military Families, a free traveling tour exclusively for military families. DOD
photo by Elaine Sanchez.
I would like to share a letter I wrote about regarding a very special veteran. That letter is as follows and pretty much states how I feel about veterans whom have lost their lives in conflicts..
Dear Butch,
I know you remember that day well, 38 summers ago standing in the rice patty with my father as you heard the thud of a bullet hitting a body. Nanoseconds later you heard the rifle report and for a split second you and my father knew one of you had been hit, but was not sure which one. Unfortunately it was you.
You never returned to the United States again, even though you made it through boot camp, became best friends with my Dad and did two tours of duty in Vietnam. To die three days before your return home hardly seems fair.
The Survivor Guilt is deep within my dad, even now, but he picked himself up by his boot laces and did well these past 38 years. He has used his medic training to save two lives, doing tracheotomy’s on the side of the road to save car accident victims. He also opened his home to hundreds of foster children, had three children of his own and adopted six more. He’s done some good despite the memories of Vietnam.
The sad thing is, I will never know your real name. Dad never talks about Vietnam and it is too painful to ask what your real name is. Butch is all I will ever know.
I have touched your name once though, on the wall in Washington, DC. I was too small to remember the name, but small enough so that I could be put on my Uncles shoulders and rub your name with chalk onto a piece of paper as Dad cried…really cried. I had never seen my Dad cry before, but of all the names…one name…your name…touched him the most.
Despite 38 years of silence, one thing needs to be said. Not from my Dad, but from me Butch. Thanks for taking that bullet for my Dad.
Written by BrokenTap, son of a combat disabled Vietnam Veteran
This letter you wrote to Butch, has touched my soul! I hope some day that you will find his name. I assure you that Butch's family would love to have such a story to add to their collection. Let me know if you would like help finding his name!!!! I am not a professional but love your commitment to remembering.
JCockney
The crowd holds its flags high during the singing of "God Bless America" November 11th, 2010, at a Veterans Day
ceremony in Belleville, Illinois. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Brian J. Valencia.
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USO Show - Diana DeGarmo, pop singer, performs for and with soldiers at Camp Victory, Iraq, during a USO show on
December 31st, 2005. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace and USO celebrities
visited troops to thank them for their role in the war against terror. Defense Department photo by U.S. Air Force Staff
Sergeant D. Myles Cullen.
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