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U.S. sailors raise an American flag aboard the USS Harpers Ferry on Veterans Day in Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 11, 2009.

OVERSEAS COMMEMORATION

U.S. sailors raise an American flag aboard the USS Harpers Ferry on Veterans Day in Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 11, 2009.

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