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Medal of Honor recipient retired Navy Capt.Thomas Hudner Jr. returns the salute of the Hanscom Air Force Base Patriot Honor Guard, as he leaves a ceremony in his honor on Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., Dec. 4, 2014.

Medal of Honor recipient retired Navy Capt.Thomas Hudner Jr. returns the salute of the Hanscom Air Force Base Patriot Honor Guard, as he leaves a ceremony in his honor on Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., Dec. 4, 2014.

Medal of Honor recipient retired Navy Capt.Thomas Hudner Jr. returns the salute of the Hanscom Air Force Base Patriot Honor Guard, as he leaves a ceremony in his honor on Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., Dec. 4, 2014.

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