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  • Pearl Harbor: It’s personal
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  • Kentucky Legion post hoping Be the One event can be ‘a prayer answered’  Video
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  • 124th edition of Army-Navy on display in new venue
  • Pearl Harbor: It’s personal
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  • Kentucky Legion post hoping Be the One event can be ‘a prayer answered’ 
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    Kentucky Legion post hoping Be the One event can be ‘a prayer answered’ 
  • ‘Every bit of what I remembered’: Iraq War veteran with terminal cancer fires tank for last time
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    ‘Every bit of what I remembered’: Iraq War veteran with terminal cancer fires tank for last time
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    124th edition of Army-Navy on display in new venue
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National Commander Seehafer visits the department of Maine

National Commander Seehafer visits the department of Maine

National Commander Seehafer visits the department of District of Columbia

National Commander Seehafer visits the department of District of Columbia

National Commander Seehafer visits the Department of New Hampshire

National Commander Seehafer visits the Department of New Hampshire

National Commander attends Veterans Day observances at Arlington

National Commander attends Veterans Day observances at Arlington

National Commander Seehafer visits the department of North Carolina

National Commander Seehafer visits the department of North Carolina

National Commander Seehafer visits the department of Missouri

National Commander Seehafer visits the department of Missouri

National Commander Seehafer visits the department of New York

National Commander Seehafer visits the department of New York

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Honor in any style

National Commander Seehafer visits the department of Oregon

National Commander Seehafer visits the department of Oregon

National Commander Seehafer visits the department of Kansas

National Commander Seehafer visits the department of Kansas

National Commander Seehafer visits the department of Wyoming

National Commander Seehafer visits the department of Wyoming

National Commander Seehafer visits the department of Tennessee

National Commander Seehafer visits the department of Tennessee

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