Remembering and Honoring Heroes

Nov. 11: Vice President Dick Cheney lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.
Manuel Balce Ceneta - AP

Members of an honor guard change the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during Veteran's Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, November 11, 2007.
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A honor guard arrives at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery during Veteran's Day ceremonies in Washington, DC, November 11, 2007.
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U.S. soldiers pray at a war memorial during a Veterans Day ceremony at the Bagram airbase north of Kabul, November 12, 2007.
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Addrin Adams, 7, brother of slain Army Spc Jeffrey Paul Schaffer who was killed in Iraq, wipes a tear from the eye of his mother, Melissa Adams, during a Fallen Soldiers Memorial at the American Legion Post 121 in Waco, Texas. President Bush attended the event.
Gerald Herbert - AP

A woman mourns a soldier killed in Iraq during Veteran's Day ceremonies at his grave at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, November 11, 2007.
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Maggie McCloud, her son Hayden and daughter Meghan mourn her husband, who was killed in Iraq, at his grave at Arlington National Cemetery during Veteran's Day ceremonies in Washington, November 11, 2007

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Andrew Harriman (kneeling) mourns a comrade killed in Iraq at his grave at Arlington National Cemetery during Veteran's Day ceremonies in Washington, November 11, 2007.
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Nov 11: WW II veteran Murray Gaile, 84, of New York, attends Veterans Day ceremonies before the start of the parade in New York.
Craig Ruttle - AP

Nov. 11, 2007: Frank W. Buckles, 106, one of three known surviving World War I veterans, attends the annual memorial service honoring General John J. Pershing at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
Nikki Kahn - The Washington Post