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U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, receives a tour of the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines, June 4, 2012. The cemetery contains the largest number of graves of U.S. military dead from World War II, a total of 17,201, most of whom lost their lives in operations in New Guinea and the Philippines.

MEMORIAL TOUR

U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, receives a tour of the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines, June 4, 2012. The cemetery contains the largest number of graves of U.S. military dead from World War II, a total of 17,201, most of whom lost their lives in operations in New Guinea and the Philippines.

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