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A group of young girls greet an old man.

Grateful Girl

Girl Scouts welcome World War II Navy veteran Bill Cain, 90, as he returns to Greenville, S.C., from an Honor Flight to Washington, April 21, 2015. Cain was a machinist’s mate on the USS Mississippi during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, widely considered the largest naval battle in modern history.

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