Honoring Veterans Around the World

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  • U.S. Army Georgia National Guard Staff Sgt. Tracy Smith, right, a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, embraces Korean War veteran Jim Conway, 84, as military service members are asked to sing along to the Armed Services Medley during a Veterans Day ceremony at the Atlanta History Center, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
  • Bernie Klemanek, a Vietnam veteran from Louisa, Va., who served with the Army’s 25th Infantry Division, visits the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, November 11, 2014. (Mike Morones/Gannett Government Media)
  • A veteran salutes during a Remembrance Day ceremony at the garrison, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, in Saint Jean-sur-Richilieu, Quebec. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ryan Remiorz)
  • Vice President Biden places a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns for Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Tuesday, November 11, 2014. (Mike Morones/Gannett Government Media)
  • MIAMI BEACH, FL – NOVEMBER 11: Mike Elliott (L) and Charles Cooley from the All Veterans Parachute team arrive at the Miami Beach Veterans Day Ceremony on November 11, 2014 in Miami Beach, Florida. Originally established as Armistice Day in 1919, the holiday was renamed Veterans Day in 1954 by President Dwight Eisenhower, and honors those who have served in the U.S. military. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
  • General the Lord Dannatt reads out a list of names of some of the fallen soldiers from WWI during a remembrance day ceremony by the near completed ceramic poppy art installation by artist Paul Cummins entitled ‘Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red’ in the dry moat of the Tower of London in London, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. The finished installation will be made up of 888,246 ceramic poppies, with the final poppy being placed on Armistice Day today. Each poppy represents a British and Commonwealth military fatality from World War I. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
  • Maddie Nistl, 9, walks with her father, Dee Nistl, an Air Force veteran, past flag-covered graves placed for Veterans Day in the veterans’ section of Evergreen-Washelli cemetery, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, in Seattle. Maddie has come to the cemetery every Veterans Day and Memorial Day since she was three years old to place roses on the graves of veterans. The Veterans Day holiday honors people who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces and marks the anniversary of the end of World War I, which formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
  • WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 11: World War Two veterans place a wreath at the World War Two Memorial during a Veterans Day ceremony November 11, 2014 in Washington, DC. Originally established as Armistice Day in 1919, the holiday was renamed Veterans Day in 1954 by President Dwight Eisenhower, and honors those who have served in the U.S. military. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
  • British World War II veterans David Ovenstone, right, and Leslie Potter hold hands during an Armistice Day ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. The Menin Gate Memorial bears the names of more than 54,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in the Ypres Salient of World War I and whose graves are not known. Ovenstone’s father served in WWI with the Royal Army and was gassed and wounded on the Somme in 1915. Potter’s grandfather was killed in Nov. 1915 and his name is engraved on the Menin Gate. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
  • Retired Navy Capt. Mary Lou Wassel, a Navy nurse, is reflected in Through the Wall of Memory, glass etched with the names of fallen Virginia soldiers, while taking a photograph during Veterans Day ceremonies at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/The Richmond Times-Dispatch, Joe Mahoney)
  • CORRECTS SPELLING OF EUGENE – Darlene Angeli places flowers on the tombstone of her father, World War II veteran Eugene Angeli, who is buried alongside his wife Hazel, at Golden Gate National Cemetery on Monday, Nov. 10, 2014, in San Bruno, Calif. The U.S. celebrates Veterans Day Tuesday in honor of those who have served in the nation’s military. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
  • Nason Baker salutes the flag during a Veterans Day program at the National Guard Armory in Oxford, Miss., Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Oxford Eagle, Bruce Newman) MAGS OUT, NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT
  • A member of the Army honor guard salutes during the annual Veterans Day Observance Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. Americans marked Veterans Day on Tuesday with parades, speeches and military discounts, while in Europe the holiday known as Armistice Day held special meaning in the centennial year of the start of World War I. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
  • 141108-N-AP176-078 MILLINGTON, Tenn. (Nov. 8, 2014) Sailors assigned to Naval Support Activity Mid-South march in the city of Millington Veteran’s Day Parade. This is the first time the city of Millington has held a Veteran’s Day parade since 1974. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jeff Atherton/Released)
  • KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN – NOVEMBER 11: British troops gather for a ceremony to mark Armistice Day at Kandahar airfield on November 11, 2014 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Like Remembrance Sunday just gone, Armistice Day – which is the anniversary of the end of The First World War – has been marked by the remaining British troops for the last time in southern Afghanistan. Now that British combat operations have ended and the last UK base in Afghanistan has been handed over to the control of Afghan security forces, any remaining troops are leaving the country via Kandahar. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
  • French President Francois Hollande lays a wreath of flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier under the Arc de Triomphe, during the Armistice Day ceremonies marking the end of World War I, in Paris, France, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. The Armistice Day is commemorated every year on Nov. 11 to mark the armistice signed between the allies of World War I and Germany to end the war. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, pool)
  • Military members are recognized during NFL’s Salute to Service tribute to the military at halftime of the Seattle Seahawks and New York Giants NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Scott Eklund)
  • As part of the Salute to Service campaign, military guests representing all five branches of the military watch the Cleveland Browns practice at the NFL football team’s training camp Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, on Veteran’s Day in Berea, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
  • U.S. veterans, who fought in foreign wars, attend a U.S. Veteran’s Day Ceremony at Yongsan Garrison, the main U.S. military headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
  • A rose rests against the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, November 11, 2014. (Mike Morones/Gannett Government Media)
  • Veteran Aubrey McLean, 94, lays a wreath during Remembrance Day ceremonies at the Grand Parade in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. (AP Phoro/The Canadian Press, Andrew Vaughan)
  • Navy veteran Jimmy Hutcherson salutes during a Veteran’s Day ceremony at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
  • Members of the US military carry a huge US flag as they march during a Veterans Day Parade in New York on November 11, 2014. Veterans Day honors all who have served in the US Armed Forces. AFP PHOTO/Jewel SamadJEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
  • Jeremy King, with the U.S. Army, takes a selfie with Cleveland Browns quarterback Brian Hoyer, right, after watching the Browns practice at the NFL football team’s training camp Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, in Berea, Ohio. As part of the Salute to Service campaign, military guests representing all five branches of the military were able to watch the Browns practice on Veterans Day. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
  • A US military veteran places his hand over his heart during the Pledge of Allegiance during a Veterans Day ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC, November 11, 2014. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images