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A veteran holds up a card with a child's drawing of a heart in rainbow colors.

Dear Veterans

World War II veteran John Lehr reads a thank you card from a Girl Scout in Alexandria, Va., Dec. 6, 2018. Lehr, who served in the Army Air Corps in the European theater during World War II, arrived in the National Capital Region as part of an Honor Flight from Austin, Texas, that commemorated the 77th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack.

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