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Russian Gen. Nikolay Makarov, left, chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation, and U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, congratulate Igor Bleousovitch after presenting him with a Russian Presidential Medal at the Pentagon, April 23, 2010. The medal commemorates the 65th anniversary of his participation at a meeting of U.S. and Russian forces at Elbe RIver in Germany, April 25, 1945. Bleousovitch, an U.S. Army World War II veteran, documented the meeting.

RUSSIAN MEDAL

Russian Gen. Nikolay Makarov, left, chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation, and U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, congratulate Igor Bleousovitch after presenting him with a Russian Presidential Medal at the Pentagon, April 23, 2010. The medal commemorates the 65th anniversary of his participation at a meeting of U.S. and Russian forces at Elbe RIver in Germany, April 25, 1945. Bleousovitch, an U.S. Army World War II veteran, documented the meeting.

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