Veteran 5 25 2017

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VOL. 5/ISSUE 29

THURSDAY, MAY 25, 2017

flags in

the old guard tradition continues for more than 60 years See more on page 7

U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jose A. Torres Jr. Army Pvt. Aaron Johnson places a small American flag in front of a gravesite headstone during the annual “Flags In” event at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Johnson, assigned to the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, the Army’s “Old Guard,” and his comrades placed flags in front of more than 260,000 gravesite headstones and about 7,300 niches at the cemetery’s columbarium.


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