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Metallica’s James Hetfield thanks service members after bringing them on stage during a performance at the the Concert for Valor in Washington, D.C., Nov. 11, 2014.

Metallica’s James Hetfield thanks service members after bringing them on stage during a performance at the the Concert for Valor in Washington, D.C., Nov. 11, 2014.

Metallica’s James Hetfield thanks service members after bringing them on stage during a performance at the the Concert for Valor in Washington, D.C., Nov. 11, 2014.

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