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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates thanks soldiers of the 3rd. U.S. Infantry, The Old Guard, at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., May 27, 2010, as the unit's commander Army Col. David Anders looks on. The soldiers placed small American Flags at each grave site in commemoration of Memorial Day. Gates chose to visit the soldiers as they completed their work in Section 60 of the cemetery; the section that contains the fallen from the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

ARLINGTON APPRECIATION

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates thanks soldiers of the 3rd. U.S. Infantry, The Old Guard, at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., May 27, 2010, as the unit's commander Army Col. David Anders looks on. The soldiers placed small American Flags at each grave site in commemoration of Memorial Day. Gates chose to visit the soldiers as they completed their work in Section 60 of the cemetery; the section that contains the fallen from the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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