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Images
and Pictures to Honor American
veterans. Wounded
Veterans show the sacrifices made for
America President Woodrow
Wilson, the Commander-in-Chief during
World War One, declared Armistice Day
for November 11, 1919. In his
proclamation of Armistice Day, Wilson
said, "To us in America, the
reflections of Armistice Day will be
filled with solemn pride in the heroism
of those who died in the country's
service and with gratitude for the
victory, both because of the thing from
which it has freed
us…" In 1938, Congress
passed a law making November 11 a legal
holiday to be referred to as "Armistice
Day." Following World War
Two, a movement began to change the
annual holiday to honor all veterans,
not just those from World War One.
Congress changed the law in 1954,
formally changing the name to "Veterans
Day." November 11, 2012, marks the 58th
Veterans Day in the United States since
the name change. November 11th is
also referred to as "Remembrance Day"
in the France, Belgium, the United
Kingdom and many nations associated
with the old British Empire and with
the Commonwealth. These nations include
Canada, Australia, South Africa, India,
among others. While Germany, for
obvious reasons, does not celebrate the
Armistice as the Allied nations do,
beginning in 1952, Germany has held a
national day of mourning as a secular
public holiday called Volkstrauertag
(people's day of mourning), which is
observed two Sundays before the first
Sunday of Advent, which is the Sunday
closest to November 16. Planting
American Flags at Arlington National
Cemetary Photos
below taken June, 1997, Omaha Beach,
France Photographs
Copyright © 1997 Roger A. Lee
An
Unknown Soldier's Grave at the American
Cemetary at Normandy.
A
monument to the bravery of the American
Rangers who took Pointe Du Hoc from the
Germans on D-Day. World
War One
(1914-1918)--The
first "official" world war was
originally known as "The Great War,"
and also as "The World War." World
War Two
(1939-1945)--The
United States joined the war in 1941
and ended the war as the world's major
power. Cold
War (1945-1990)--The United States
and other Western nations formed the
backbone of anti-Communist resistance
in the Cold War. Korean
War
(1950-1953)--The United States led
the United Nation's military effort to
save South Korea from
Communist. Vietnam
War
(1957-1975)--The
United States attempted to save South
Vietnam from Communist forces. Vietnam
veterans faced a hostile reception from
anti-war elements at home, dealt with
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD),
and suffered from illnesses associated
with the use of the herbicide called
Agent Orange. U.S. Intervention
in Lebanon (1982-1984) Invasion
of
Grenada
(1983)--American forces invaded
Grenada to protect American civilians
and to end a bloody Communist regime on
that Caribbean island. Cuban forces on
Grenada also fought against the
liberation by U.S. forces. Gulf
War
(1991)--American
troops led the way along with British,
French and other allied forces to
resist Iraq's invasion of
Kuwait U.S.
and Allied Intervention in Somalia
(1991-1992) The
Bosnian War (1995–1996)
-- The
Kosovo War (1999) -- Afghanistan
War
(2001-Present)--The
United States and other allies to oust
the Taliban and al-Qaida from power in
Afghanistan in the wake of al-Qaida's
September 11 attacks on the United
States. Global
War on Terror
(2001-Present)--The
United States and many other nations
around the world are engaged in
military, political, economic, and
diplomatic efforts to combat Islamic
Militancy in Afghanistan and elsewhere.
Iraq
War (2003-Present)--U.S., Britain,
Australia, and Poland invaded Iraq to
drive out the regime of dictator
Saddam
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