United States Army

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USA Basketball guard Kevin Durant, left, shakes hands with U.S. Army Corporal Cody Stanton after a practice Saturday, July 14, 2012 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2012, Ryan Newman drives his car during qualifying for the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race in Daytona Beach, Fla. The U.S. Army will not return to Stewart-Haas Racing next season, citing a reallocation of its marketing budget that does not include a presence in NASCAR. SHR said Tuesday, July 10, 2012, it is pursuing a new sponsor. (AP Photo/Reinhold Matay, File)

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Letters written by U.S. Army Sgt. Steve Flaherty of Columbia, S.C., are among the personal artifacts exchanged. In one, he wrote, "I have never been so scared in my life." The North Vietnamese used his letters for propaganda.

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A member of the U.S. Army salutes a grave site on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Star Wars characters decorate the top of the headstone of U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel A. Frazier. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Stephanie Montgomery lays in the grass beside the grave of her brother U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Thaddeus Scott Montgomery. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Family members raise a toast in memory of U.S. Army First Lieutenant Kenneth M. Ballard at his grave site on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Bracelets and other tokens decorate the top of the headstone of U.S. Army Staff Sergeant James Alan Justice. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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A girl places a rose at the headstone of U.S. Army Captain Ian Patrick Weikel on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Mementos and lipstick kiss markings are seen the headstone of U.S. Army Sergeant Joel Clarkson. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Karen Clarkson, of Fairbanks, Alaska, kisses the headstone of her son U.S. Army Sergeant Joel Clarkson on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 28, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright smiles as she looks up at newly naturalized citizen Olugbenja Obasanjo, a major in the U.S. Army, following a naturalization ceremony Thursday, May 24, 2012 at the Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. Albright, herself a naturalized citizen, was the keynote speaker for the event. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)