World War II veteran Talmadge Welch looks at old family photos with daughter Gail Tinch at Standing Stone Care and Rehabilitation Center in Monterey, Tenn., on Sept. 30, 2016. . [This photo was taken by Amy Davis on Sept. 30 at Standing Stone Care and Rehabilitation Center in Monterey, Tenn. Welch, who was born in 1922 in the rural community of Bill’s Branch in Overton County, had joined the service near the end of the war. (Amy Davis/The Herald-Citizen via AP)
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