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November 10, 2009
Fort Hood soldiers remembered
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) -- Sketching out lives that ended too soon, President Barack Obama remembered those slain at Fort Hood as husbands and fathers, immigrants and scholars, optimists and patriots -- an expectant mother, a granddaughter of veterans, a music teacher. Just below his speaking platform Tuesday, before thousands of mourners, the dead were remembered in a traditional Army way: 13 pairs of combat boots, each with an inverted rifle topped with a helmet. A picture of each person rested below the boots. "Neither this country, nor the values that we were founded upon, could exist without men and women like these 13 Americans," Obama told the throng. "And that is why we must pay tribute to their stories." (21 images)

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Soldiers listen as President Obama speaks at a memorial service for victims of the Fort Hood Shooting, Tuesday, Nov. 10, at Fort Hood, Texas. AP / Donna McWilliam


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People grieve together before the start of the memorial service that U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will attend for the thirteen victims of the shooting rampage by U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan on Nov. 10, in Fort Hood, Texas. Hasan, an army psychiatrist, killed 13 people and wounded 30 in a shooting at the military base on Nov. 5. Getty Images / Joe Raedle



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U.S. Army soldiers and civilians grieve together during the memorial service in honor of the thirteen victims of the shooting rampage allegedly by U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan on Nov. 10, in Fort Hood, Texas. Getty Images / Joe Raedle



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U.S. Army soldiers grieve together during the memorial service in honor of the thirteen victims of the shooting rampage on Nov. 5. Getty Images / Joe Raedle



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Army soldiers grieve together during the memorial service in honor of the thirteen victims of the Nov. 5 shooting rampage in Fort Hood, Texas. Getty Images / Joe Raedle



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U.S. Army soldiers stand together as they prepare to leave after the memorial service at Fort Hood, Texas on Tueday. Getty Images / Joe Raedle



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A victim's family members grieve at a memorial service at Fort Hood, Texas on Tuesday Nov. 10, for the victims of last week's Fort Hood shootings. Austin American-Statesman / Jay Janner



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A family member hugs the picture and touches the boots of a fallen soldier, Pfc. Aaron Nemelka, during a memorial honoring the 13 victims of a mass shooting at Fort Hood held at U.S. Army's III Corps headquarters at Fort Hood, Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 10,. AP / Rodolfo Gonzalez



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President Barack Obama speaks at a memorial service at Fort Hood, Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 10. AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais



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Victims' family members, along with President Obama, attend a memorial service at Fort Hood, Texas, for the victims of the Fort Hood shootings on Tuesday Nov. 10. AP / Jay Janner



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A soldier cries during a memorial service at Fort Hood, Texas, for the victims of the Fort Hood shootings on Tuesday Nov. 10. AP / Jay Janner



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Soldiers hug on Tuesday Nov. 10, at a memorial service at Fort Hood, Texas, for the victims of the Fort Hood shootings. AP / Jay Janner



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Family members of Pvt. 1st Class Kham Xiong, who died in the Fort Hood shootings, grieve by a photo of him, at a memorial service at Fort Hood, Texas, for the victims of the Fort Hood shootings on Tuesday Nov. 10. AP / Jay Janner



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An unidentified army soldier looks emotional during a memorial service at Fort Hood, Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 10, where President Barack Obama spoke. AP / Paul Sakuma



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Family of the victims of the Fort Hood shooting pause for a moment as they file past a memorial for the fallen after a speech by President Obama at Fort Hood, Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 10. AP / Donna McWilliam



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An injured soldier is helped to his seat after meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama before he addressed the Fort Hood community during a memorial service for the soldiers and civilians killed in a shooting rampage on Nov. 5 at Fort Hood, Texas. AFP / Getty Images / Jim Watson



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Friends and family walk past the Fallen Soldier Memorial at Fort Hood on Nov. 10, during a ceremony honoring the 13 people who were killed in a shooting rampage on Nov. 5. AFP / Getty Images / Paul J. Richards



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U.S. Army soldiers listen as solemn music is played during ceremonies at the Fallen Soldier Memorial on Nov. 10, honoring those killed Nov. 5, at Fort Hood, Texas. AFP / Getty Images / Paul J. Richards



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A victim's family members grieve at a memorial service at Fort Hood, Texas, for the victims of the Fort Hood shootings on Tuesday Nov. 10. AP / Jay Janner



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Soldiers hug after a memorial service at Fort Hood, Texas, for the victims of the Fort Hood shootings on Tuesday Nov. 10. AP / Jay Janner



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Soldiers salute as they honor victims of the Fort Hood shooting at a memorial service at Fort Hood, Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 10. AP / Donna McWilliam



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