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Debbie Gregory placed two American flags Friday afternoon at the National Cemetery gravesite of her husband, Paul T. Gregory, a CPL in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam war. The staff at the Dallas cemetery were prepping for Veterans Day events this weekend. -
Brig. Gen. Bryan Roberts greets Tommy Olds and other members of the South Carolina Combat Veterans Group before the start of a wreath laying ceremony at the Andrew Jackson Statue at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina, ahead of the November 11 Veterans Day holiday. -
Students at Washington Avenue Elementary in Roswell, N.M., check out patriotic artwork created by fourth graders to celebrate Veterans Day, Friday morning, Nov. 9, 2012. -
In this Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012 photo, members of the University of Texas in Brownsville's ROTC walk back after presenting the colors during the Veteran's Day Ceremony at the school in Brownsville, Texas. -
A display honoring soldiers who died in combat, during the Veteran's Day Ceremony at the University of Texas in Brownsville in Brownsville, Texas. -
Jim Griffin, 87, of Grand Prairie, Texas, Lula Hendry of Lufkin, Texas and Gordon McBride, 88, of Castro Valley, Calif. share stories as they tour the Tyler Rose Garden as part of a tour with a group of veterans, friends and family of shipmates of the CVE-18 USS Altamaha, in Tyler, Texas. Griffin and McBride are part of a group of four World War II veterans who served on same ship who reunite each year to swap old stories, get reacquainted and say good-bye. The tradition has spanned the past 25 years, but due to aging and dwindling numbers of surviving shipmates, this year's meeting is expected to be their last reunion. -
Staff Sgt Harold Williams poses for a picture with his son, Adrian, in front of a bulletin board dedicated to active military families and veterans related to students and faculty at 2, at Schwartz Elementary School in Oklahoma City. Harold Williams has been stationed in Germany with the U.S. Army and recently returned there from duty in Iraq. -
Staff Sgt. Harold Williams has tears in his eyes as he surprised his son, Adrian, a fifth grade student during a Veteran's Day assembly Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, at Schwartz Elementary School in Oklahoma City. Harold Williams has been stationed in Germany with the U.S. Army and recently returned there from duty in Iraq.
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