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Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, poses for photos with U.S. Marine and Vietnam veteran Sgt. Paul Masi at the annual Memorial Day Observance Ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., May 31, 2010. Mullen gave the keynote address and recognized the addition of six new names to the over 58,000 service members who perished in that war.

VIETNAM VETERANS

Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, poses for photos with U.S. Marine and Vietnam veteran Sgt. Paul Masi at the annual Memorial Day Observance Ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., May 31, 2010. Mullen gave the keynote address and recognized the addition of six new names to the over 58,000 service members who perished in that war.

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