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Terrorist flying a plane into one of the WTC Towers on September 11, 2001.Firefighters with flag at WTC Ground Zero shortly after terrorists attacks on September 11, 2001.
Sgt. Paul Ray Smith, posthumous Medal of Honor (April 4, 2005) for his heroic efforts during Operation Iraqi Freedom on April 3, 2003.

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<Sgt. Paul Ray Smith, posthumous Medal of Honor (April 4, 2005) for his heroic efforts in Iraq on April 3, 2003.

Veterans Day 2004 - World War II veteran and Pear Harbor survivor, Houston James, emotionally embracing Iraq War veteran, Marine Sgt. Mark Graunke, Jr., who lost a hand, leg, and eye when defusing a bomb in 2003.

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Man kneeling with flag in hand on July 4, 2005.
Staff Sgt. James Smith holds his eight-month old son Malik for the first time after returning home to Nevada from a 13-month deployment to Kuwait and Iraq.
World War II veteran and Pearl Harbor survivor, Houston James, emotionally embracing Iraq War veteran, Marine Sgt. Mark Graunke, Jr., who lost a hand, leg, and eye when defusing a bomb in 2003. (Photo by Associated Press)
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U.S. Marine Corp flag with verse from "The Marines" hymn
08/28/08
Two posters of the
U.S. Marine Corps
flag and emblem		 President George W. Bush waves as he acknowledges the applause from the audience at his address Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008, to the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in Orlando, Fla. President Bush thanked the members of the VFW for their work on behalf of America's veterans and their support in fighting the war on terror.
08/27/08
Two photos of
President George
Bush at VFW
Convention		 President George W. Bush stands with Keela Carr, a 35-year-old fitness and athletic trainer, shortly after his arrival Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008, in Orlando, Florida. Ms. Carr was recognized by the U.S. Army's Freedom Team Salute Program and named its 500th Volunteer Ambassador in recognition of her 2008 2,700-mile, trans-America Journey of a Thousand Thanks to honor and thank all soldiers and veterans.
08/26/08
 President Bush with
Keela Carr, who was
recognized by the U.S.
Army's Freedom Team
Salute Program		 Members of the Florida National Guard's Company D, 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment enter the Lamplighter Village mobile home park in Melbourne, Fla., to evacuate residents, Aug. 21, 2008. Several residents were transported out of the park over the course of the day.
08/25/08
 Florida National
Guard members
 evacuate residents
Through a sponsorship with the Bank of America, Operation Thank You printed 10,000 “thank you” cards to be signed during the “Faith, Family, and Freedom” Patriotic Celebration festival at Knights Stadium in the Charlotte, NC area on August 20, 2008.
08/24/08
“Faith, Family, and
Freedom” Patriotic
Celebration festival		 U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jordan Gogov stands guard during convoy operations training at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., Aug. 11, 2008. The training is part of the 99th Security Forces Ground Combat Training Squadron's Joint Base Balad training curriculum, a new 45-day course.
08/23/08
Airman 1st Class
Jordan Gogov stands
guard during convoy
operations training		 U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Henry S. Good hangs upside down during a daily exercise routine at an outdoor gym, Camp Fallujah, Iraq, Aug. 14, 2008. Good is a special intelligence communicator, Headquarters Company, Regimental Combat Team 1. The gym was pieced together by Marines working out of Camp Fallujah and provides its users with a way to work out between busy schedules.
08/22/08
Marine upside down
exercise in Iraq		 U.S. Navy sailors conduct mooring operations as the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul arrives for a routine port visit to Souda Bay, Crete, Aug. 11, 2008. The USS McFaul is in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility to support theater security, participate in regional exercises with allies, make diplomatic port calls and respond to any contingency.
08/21/08
 Sailors conduct
mooring operations
on guided-missile
destroyer USS McFaul
Color guard members, (front to back) Seaman Terrence C. Young, Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew R. Fischer and Petty Officer 3rd Class Sarah E. Morin, from Coast Guard Sector Baltimore, leave the field following the National Anthem Aug. 19, 2008 at the 9th Annual Cal Ripken World Series.
08/20/08
Coast Guard color
guard members at
baseball game		 Sgt. Maj. Carlton W. Kent, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, talks with Marines at the Camp Baharia Mess Hall Aug. 16, 2008. Sgt. Maj. Kent and Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James T. Conway, visited with Marines in the al Anbar Province during a tour of Iraq and Afghanistan.
08/19/08
Sgt. Maj. Carlton Kent,
Sergeant Major of the
Marine Corps, talks
with Marines in Iraq		 Olympic skeet gold medal winner Pfc. Vincent Hancock (center) of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, is flanked by silver medalist Tore Bovold (left) of Norway and bronze medalist Anthony Terras (right) of Italy on the podium, Aug. 16, 2008, in Beijing
08/18/08
Olympic skeet gold
medal winner U.S.
Army Pfc. Vincent
Hancock (center)		 U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Dremiel Byers lifts Sweden's Jalmar Sjoberg during a quarterfinal match of the 2008 Olympic Greco-Roman 120-kilogram tournament Aug. 14, 2008, in Beijing.
08/17/08
Army Staff Sgt. Dremiel
Byers lifts Sweden's
Jalmar Sjoberg during
a quarterfinal match
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