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Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks with Vietnam Veteran Louis Banks in New Orleans, Feb. 14, 2014. Banks is one of several veterans whose homes were renovated as part of the seventh-annual NBA All-Star Day of Service.

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Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks with Vietnam Veteran Louis Banks in New Orleans, Feb. 14, 2014. Banks is one of several veterans whose homes were renovated as part of the seventh-annual NBA All-Star Day of Service.

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