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Veterans Day
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Veterans Day commemorates the sacrifices of our nation's veterans and is held on
November 11th, the anniversary of the armistice which ended World War I
Taken at 10:58, 11 November 1918, just before the Armistice went into effect; men of the 353d Infantry, near the church at Stenay, Meuse, wait for the end of hostilities. (SC034981)
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"On Veterans Day"
from the U.S. Department of Defense American Forces Press Service