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National Memorial Day Observance

  • Defense.gov
  • May 28, 2018 | 48:31

President Donald J. Trump, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis, and Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speak at the 150th Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, May 28, 2018, at Arlington National Cemetery, in observance of America’s fallen military service members.