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Sailors and airmen present a giant American flag before the 2012 major league baseball All-Star Game in Kansas City, Mo., July 10, 2012. The sailors are assigned to Navy Recruiting District Saint Louis and the Navy Operational Support Center, Kansas City, and the airmen are assigned to Whitman Air Force Base. More than 30 sailors and 45 airman held the flag during the singing of the national anthem and pregame events.

ALL-STAR FLAG

Sailors and airmen present a giant American flag before the 2012 major league baseball All-Star Game in Kansas City, Mo., July 10, 2012. The sailors are assigned to Navy Recruiting District Saint Louis and the Navy Operational Support Center, Kansas City, and the airmen are assigned to Whitman Air Force Base. More than 30 sailors and 45 airman held the flag during the singing of the national anthem and pregame events.

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