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Stephanie Walters and her daughter, 3-month-old Piper, attend a ceremony honoring fallen military medical personnel at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., March 16, 2010. Walters' husband, Army Sgt. Richard Walters, a nurse, was killed in Iraq. The Military Health System’s 2nd Annual Remembrance Ceremony for Fallen Military Medical Personnel honored medical servicemembers who died supporting Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom from 2001 through Dec. 31, 2009.

GENERATIONS WILL REMEMBER

Stephanie Walters and her daughter, 3-month-old Piper, attend a ceremony honoring fallen military medical personnel at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., March 16, 2010. Walters' husband, Army Sgt. Richard Walters, a nurse, was killed in Iraq. The Military Health System’s 2nd Annual Remembrance Ceremony for Fallen Military Medical Personnel honored medical servicemembers who died supporting Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom from 2001 through Dec. 31, 2009.

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