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Friday, November 10, 2006

Honoring Our Heroes on Veterans Day

The sun rises behind the Marine Corps Memorial, also known as the Iwo Jima Memorial, on Veterans Day 2003 in Washington.

President Bush places a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery. Bush later spoke of the sacrifices of U.S. troops who died fighting for freedom in the Middle East and Afghanistan, telling families that their loved ones "served in a good and just cause."

U.S. Army troops hold a moment of silence in observing Veterans Day in Baghdad, Iraq.

Students at Southwest Elementary School in Jefferson City, Missouri, place their hands over their hearts as "The Star-Spangled Banner" is played during an assembly honoring veterans.

Pearl Harbor survivor Houston James of Dallas embraced Marine Staff Sgt. Mark Graunke Jr during a Veterans Day commemoration in Dallas yesterday. Graunke lost a hand, a leg and an eye when he defused a bomb in Iraq last year. This week's images of U.S. Troops in combat in Fallujah deepened the day's significance for many who attended tributes held in San Diego and across the nation

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