remembering the korean war. 

Jane Robancho holds a picture of her father, Rizal Robancho, Sr., and salutes as his name is called during a ceremony honoring Korean War Veterans and the 60th anniversary of the Armistice Agreement at the Vallejo Veterans Memorial Building.

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flying old school.

I had a great time flying in the B-24 Bomber. Especially sharing the plane with World War II veteran and former B-24 Bomber pilot Bruce Sooy and Enedina Guerrero, 16, who flew in an airplane for the first time.

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three [angry] points of view.

Vietnam veteran Don Ackerman expresses his disapproval at a public forum addressing plans to close the VA hospital in Hot Springs, S.D.

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wreaths and snow.

Lots of red and white at the Wreaths Across America ceremony at the Black Hills National Cemetery.

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korean war service medal.

George Looks Twice of Oglala, S.D., left, receives the Korean War Service Medal from U.S. Senator John Thune for his service with the Army 25th Infantry Regiment during the Korean War.

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purple heart ceremony.

In September 2009, Branden Stackenwalt was on patrol in an armored vehicle in Afghanistan when an improvised explosive device exploded. The blast killed one soldier, wounded two others and left Stackenwalt with a mild traumatic brain injury and a number of serious injuries, including crushed vertebrae in his neck and back and broken bones in both legs, both heels and his left arm. When U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin met Stackenwalt at Walter Reed, Stackenwalt was unable to speak. He pulled out a piece of paper and wrote, "I'm sorry." Herseth Sandlin helped Stackenwalt and his family navigate the logistics of military medical bureaucracy and and the obstacles of the recovery process. Since then the two families have grown close. Herseth Sandlin pinned the Purple Heart on Stackenwalt earlier this week.

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draggin' the family to golden corrals.

i. Army veteran Dennis Andersen, center, dresses as Mrs. Doubtfire while greeting fellow veteran Fred Riedel as Korean Veteran Dean Foucault, left, moves out of the way during Military Appreciation Day at the Golden Corral restaurant in Rapid City. All U.S. military veterans throughout the country received free dinner at Golden Corral on November 15. Andersen dressed in drag to "welcome the gentlemen and the ladies" who served in the military.

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veterans day.

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