Remembering Our Veterans - Veterans Day 2019
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On Veterans Day, 8 unforgettable photos of Americans returning from warThere’s pride, joy and relief in their faces.
In 1962, an aging Gen. Douglas MacArthur delivered a final speech to the corps of cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He was nearing the end of his of life, and he knew it.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace,” he said, “for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
For Veterans Day, here are some historical photos of Americans who served celebrating the end of war and coming home.
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Remembering The 1st Veterans Memorialized By Veterans DayIn the United Kingdom, Veterans Day is celebrated with red paper poppies pinned to lapels in remembrance of those who served in World War I. The practice caught on after the bloody battlefields of France bloomed with red poppies following the war. Every year British people wear these red flower pins for about a month leading up to Nov. 11, and buying one of these paper flowers funds veterans groups. The U.K. memorializes the end of World War I with purpose and style.
Veterans Day began as a commemoration of...
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Lt. Gen. John Kelly on Veteran’s Day 2010: A speech for the agesMarine Lt. Gen. John F. Kelly, who would later become President Trump's White House chief of staff, had every reason to express devastation when he delivered a Veterans Day address to the Semper Fi Society of St. Louis in Missouri on Nov. 13, 2010. Kelly’s son, Marine 1st Lt. Robert Kelly, had died four days earlier, killed by a buried improvised explosive device as he crossed an irrigation ditch in Afghanistan’s Sangin District, in restive Helmand Province.
A consummate warrior, Kelly did not succumb to his grief but rallied the...
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