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Wolfowitz Thanks Guardsmen for Their Service
By
Jim Garamone
 American
Forces Press Service
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July
31, 2002 — Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz
visited with and thanked the members of the 113th Fighter
Squadron here for their service in protecting the nation's
capital since Sept. 11.
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Altus Airman Zooms to Top Spot in Newman's Own Award Program
American
Forces Press Service
July
10, 2002 — Tech. Sgt. Brian K. Williams' "Pilot
for a Day" at Altus Air Force Base, Okla., wins the
$10,000 top prize in the 3rd annual Newman's Own Awards
for Military Community Excellence competition.
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Military Community Excellence Grants to be Announced
Fifteen
volunteer organizations will receive $50,000 in grants
for their innovative programs to improve quality of
life for servicemembers and their families.
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Bush Awards Medal of Honor to Vietnam War Hero
By
Linda D. Kozaryn
 American
Forces Press Service
July
8, 2002 — Forty years ago, Army Capt. Humbert Roque
'Rocky' Versace wanted to become a priest and work with
Vietnamese orphans. He'd been accepted into a seminary,
but his dream was not to be fulfilled.
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House of Representatives Thanks Nation's Troops
By
Linda D. Kozaryn
 American
Forces Press Service
June
27, 2002 — It's not often that the entire House of
Representatives agrees on one thing. Yet they all agree
that the men and women of America's armed forces deserve
the nation's thanks.
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Bush: West Point Grads Answer History's Call to Duty
By
Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
June
1, 2002 — President Bush today told graduates of
U.S. Military Academy's Class of 2002 at West Point, N.Y.,
that America's war against terrorism is an unprecedented
confrontation between good and evil.
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Paula Zahn Signs 'Thank You Note' to Troops
By
Linda D. Kozaryn
 American
Forces Press Service
May
31, 2002 — CNN anchor Paula Zahn signed a virtual
'Thank You Note' to America's service members this afternoon
during a Pentagon visit.
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Civic Leaders Get a Glimpse of Military Life
By
Linda D. Kozaryn
 American
Forces Press Service
May
30, 2002 — A mayor, a newspaper editor, a businesswoman
and 55 other civic, business and industry leaders got
an inside look at the military recently, and like all
veterans, they've got "war stories" to tell.
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Loss, Patriotism Feelings Rise at Memorial Day Events
By
Jim Garamone
American
Forces Press Service
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May
27, 2002 — When Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Tracy
Thomas started singing "America the Beautiful,"
a few people in the Memorial Amphitheater here began waving
small American flags. By the time the chief had finished
everyone was standing and waving the Stars and Stripes.
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Memorial Day Message from the Secretary Of Defense
Ever
since Memorial Day was established in 1868,
 Americans
across the land have gathered together to remember, in
ceremony and sacred observance, all those who, in the
words of one soldier-poet, "tasted death in youth,
that Liberty might grow old."
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Defense Department Remembers Fallen Heroes On Memorial
Day
The
Department of Defense will observe Memorial Day at bases,
deployed locations, and ships at sea in its worldwide
observance of Memorial Day.
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Memorial Day 2002 Message from the Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Across
our great land, thousands of American flags, proudly waving,
mark the final resting place of soldiers, sailors, airmen,
Marines, Coast Guardsmen and merchant mariners who had
their lives cut short so that we may live freely and enjoy
the blessings of liberty. Memorial Day is the one day
of the year that we set aside to remember and honor our
country's patriots, yet we owe them a debt of gratitude,
every day of every year.
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Rolling Thunder Rides Again
By
Linda D. Kozaryn
American Forces Press Service
May
26, 2002 — Their pony tails and beards are now mostly
gray. Their faces are worn and grizzled. Yet, the Vietnam
veterans who gather here each year on Memorial Day weekend
remain determined. They will not let America forget that
some of their brothers in arms never came home.
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A
crewmember readies an F-14A Tomcat for upcoming flight
operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom
on the flight
deck of the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) .
Aircraft are being readied for strike missions against
al Qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations
of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. The carefully
targeted actions are designed to disrupt the use of
Afghanistan as a base for terrorist operations and
to attack the military capability of the Taliban regime.
DoD photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason D. Malcom,
U.S. Navy.
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Serkankheil,
Afghanistan — Army soldiers with 1st Battalion,
187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air
Assault), scan the
nearby ridgeline for enemy movement during Operation
Anaconda. The operation marks
the largest U.S. offensive since the Gulf War. U.S.Army
Photo by Spc. David Marck Jr.,
314th Press Camp Headquarters.
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Pfc.
Michael Williams (left), from Phoenix, Ariz., spots
targets for Staff Sgt. Kevin Lacrosse, a sniper from
St. Albans, Vt. The soldiers, part of Headquarters
and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry
Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, are deployed to
Bagram, Afghanistan. Photo by Staff Sgt. Jon D. Sheffer,
10th Mtn. Div.
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