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Robert Blatnik, right, an 89-year-old retired Army and World War II veteran, competes in shuffleboard against Jack Faust, a 98-year-old Navy and World War II veteran, June 3, 2009, in Birmingham, Ala., at the 23rd Annual National Veterans Golden Age Games. DoD photo by Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden

Robert Blatnik, right, an 89-year-old retired Army and World War II veteran, competes in shuffleboard against Jack Faust, a 98-year-old Navy and World War II veteran, June 3, 2009, in Birmingham, Ala., at the 23rd Annual National Veterans Golden Age Games. DoD photo by Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden

Robert Blatnik, right, an 89-year-old retired Army and World War II veteran, competes in shuffleboard against Jack Faust, a 98-year-old Navy and World War II veteran, June 3, 2009, in Birmingham, Ala., at the 23rd Annual National Veterans Golden Age Games. DoD photo by Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden

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