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Family and friends of World War II veteran Orrin Finch stand for taps Thursday during his funeral at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon. At right, his grandson Matthew stands next to Anne Finch, his mother and Orrin's daughter. "My dad truly believed that veterans should be honored," Anne Finch said of the Sacramento man. "This was his last honor." Renée C. Byer rbyer@sacbee.com -
Matthew Finch, 25, holds the flag that had covered the casket of his grandfather WWII Air Force Veteran Orrin Finch during a moment of prayer at his funeral at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon. -
Joseph Manning, right, of Raynham, Mass., and his son Joey, 6, a Cub Scout, place U.S. flags at the graves of deceased veterans at the National Cemetery in Bourne, Mass., Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Thousands of flags were placed in the cemetery in advance of Veterans Day. -
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. -
Kenwood Elementary School students listen to a speaker during the schoolís annual Veterans Day celebration, Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. -
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. -
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.
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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.
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