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Servicemembers swear in during a naturalization ceremony aboard aircraft carrier museum USS Midway in San Diego, Calif., Nov. 8, 2006. The Veterans Day naturalization ceremony granted citizenship to 80 sailors and Marines from 25 countries.

NATURALIZATION CEREMONY

Servicemembers swear in during a naturalization ceremony aboard aircraft carrier museum USS Midway in San Diego, Calif., Nov. 8, 2006. The Veterans Day naturalization ceremony granted citizenship to 80 sailors and Marines from 25 countries.

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