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PERSIAN GULF (Nov. 27, 2008) Captain Robert P. Irelan, commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship USS
Iwo Jima (LHD-7) and Coloniel Mark J. Desens, commanding officer of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, carve the
turkey before Thanksgiving dinner for Marines and Sailors aboard Iwo Jima. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit and
the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Marine Corps
photo by Corporal Patrick M. Johnson-Campbell.
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Private Michael Lindsay says good-bye to his daughter Mikayla at the Kelly Hill Recreation Center, Fort Benning,
Georgia, before flying to Kuwait on January 20, 1998. Lindsay is one of approximately 1,500 U.S. Army soldiers
participating with members of the Kuwaiti armed forces in Exercise Intrinsic Action 98-1. The exercise is intended to
strengthen military-to-military relationships, improve readiness and interoperability between U.S. and Kuwaiti armed
forces, and to enhance U.S. military force capabilities to deploy quickly to the region. DoD photo taken by Staff
Sergeant Bland, U.S. Army.
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U.S. Army Specialist Oscar Olguin climbs the rock wall at the 19th National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic at
Snowmass Village, Colorado. on April 4th, 2005. The clinic, organized by the Department of Veteran's Affairs and
Disabled American Veterans, is the largest annual disabled clinic in the world. Courtesy DoD, photo by U.S. Air Force
Technical Sergeant Cherie A. Thurlby.
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Congressman and Vietnam veteran Robert Simmons delivers the keynote address during the POW/MIA Recognition
Day ceremonies at the Pentagon on September 15th 2006. Simmons was the guest speaker at the ceremony hosted
by Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England and Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace, U.S. Marine
Corps. Courtesy DoD, photo by R. D. Ward.
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World War II Reenactors. Veterans Day Ceremony at the New Mexico Veterans Memorial, Albuquerque, November
11th, 2009. Photo by Rich Sanchez..
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Geronimos fill Texas sky, swap tales - William "Bump" Boehmke (left), a veteran of the 509th Parachute Infantry
Battalion from World War II, visits with the Staff Sgt. Evrod Folkes, 1st Bn (Abn), 509th Inf Reg during the 509th PIB
reunion August 23, 2009 in San Antonio, Texas. Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army. Photo Credit: By Chuck Cannon
NEW YORK - Gunnery Sergeant Victor Miranda, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Band drum major and a New York native,
marches the band up 5th Ave during the annual Columbus Day Parade, here, October 11th, 2010. The parade
organizers estimated more than 100 bands, floats and contingents marched in the annual parade and nearly one
million spectators watched the procession. Official Marine Corps photo by Sergeant Randall A. Clinton. Official Marine
Corps photo by Sergeant Randall A. Clinton.
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (January 9, 2006) - James Ward, President of "The Chosin Few Inc." waves to sailors returning
home on board the USS Chosin. Family and friends welcome back the more than 390 Sailors of the Pearl
Harbor-based guided missile cruiser, USS Chosin (CG 65). Chosin, commanded by Captain Doug Venlet, departed Pearl
Harbor in July as a part of the USS Tarawa (LHA 1) Expeditionary Strike Group. During deployment, the Sailors from
Chosin and Helicopter Anti-Submarine Light Squadron 37 Detachment Four supported Operation Iraqi Freedom,
Operation Enduring Freedom, and the global war on terrorism. Chosin conducted a full range of activities ranging from
assisting mariners in distress, to combating piracy, to visit, board, search and seizure operations. Official U.S. Navy
photograph by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Ben A. Gonzales.
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"Remember Dec. 7th!" - Poster designed by Allen Sandburg, issued by the Office of War Information, Washington,
D.C., in 1942, in remembrance of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.
The poster also features a quotation from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: "... we here highly resolve that
these dead shall not have died in vain ...".
Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Center. Donation of Dr. Robert L. Scheina, 1970.
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