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World War II veterans recount wartime stories and experiences to Rocky Run Middle School students in the school's cafeteria during World War II Day on Thursday, June 9, 2011. This is the 10th year the school has held the event, which they call "The Latest Generation Meets the Greatest Generation." It gives students the opportunity for history to come alive as they hear real-life stories about the war. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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A Rocky Run Middle School student looks on as World War II vet Russell O'Connell of Annandale, Va., points out different war buddies in an old photograph during the Chantilly, Va. school's annual World War II Day, called "The Latest Generation Meets the Greatest Generation," on Thursday, June 9, 2011. The day included small-group interviews with WWII vets as well as panel discussions and World War II-inspired entertainment provided by the students. More than 100 vets participated. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Clem Irons shows a photograph and a drawing as he recounts the story about being shot down and taken prisoner by the Germans while flying his B-17 as a member of the Army Air Corps 385th Bomb Group. Irons was one of more than 100 World War II veterans who came out to Rocky Run Middle School in Chantilly, Va., on Thursday, June 9, 2011 for the school's annual World War II Day. Students were given the opportunity to listen to first-hand stories of life during the war. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Jerry Wolf of Springfield, Va., recounts stories of his 25 combat missions during World War II along with the story of his being captured as a POW during the Rocky Run Middle School in Chantilly, Va.'s annual World War II Day, called "The Latest Generation Meets the Greatest Generation," on Thursday, June 9, 2011. Wolf spent a year as a German prisoner. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Rocky Run Middle School seventh-graders Alli Bolton, left, and Stephanie Introne, both 12, listen to a World War II vet's stories, including the one about how he captured this Nazi flag, during the school's 10th annual World War II Day, called "The Latest Generation Meets the Greatest Generation," on Thursday, June 9, 2011. The day included small-group interviews with WWII vets as well as panel discussions and World War II-inspired entertainment provided by the students. More than 100 vets participated. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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World War II veteran Edward Connor tells students at Rocky Run Middle School in Chantilly, Va., stories about his time with the U.S. Army Air Corps in Papua New Guinea, Guadalcanal and the Bismarck Sea Battle during the school's annual World War II Day, called "The Latest Generation Meets the Greatest Generation," on Thursday, June 9, 2011. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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A student takes notes during one of the small-group interviews with World War II vets at Rocky Run Middle School in Chantilly, Va.'s annual World War II Day, called "The Latest Generation Meets the Greatest Generation," on Thursday, June 9, 2011. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Russell O'Connell of Annandale, Va., who served with the 368th Fighter Group of the Army Air Corps during World War II, tells war stories to Rocky Run Middle School students in Chantilly, Va., during the school's 10th annual World War II Day, called "The Latest Generation Meets the Greatest Generation," on Thursday, June 9, 2011. The day included small-group interviews with WWII vets as well as panel discussions and World War II-inspired entertainment provided by the students. More than 100 vets participated in the day. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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William Hanusek of Alexandria, Va., who served in the South Pacific at the Guadal Canal with the U.S. Army during World War II, rests in between interview sessions on the sofa in the "canteen" at Rocky Run Middle School in Chantilly, Va., on Thursday, June 9, 2011. Hanusek was one of more than 100 WWII vets who came to the school's annual World War II Day to help bring history to life for the students by recounting their personal war stories. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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U.S. Lt. Col. William Chlebowski meets frequently with an Afghan informant who tips coalition forces to the location of roadside bombs and weapons caches and shares information about what militants are doing and planning. (Associated Press)
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates (right) and NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen attend a round-table meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels on Thursday, June 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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Tens of thousands of Sudanese are fleeing from the contested north-south border region of Abyei. The top U.S. official in the region warned of a humanitarian crisis over the north's invasion. (Associated Press)
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Women line up for food distribution in a makeshift camp for internally displaced people in the village of Mayen Abun. Heavy fighting between northern and southern Sudanese forces in Abyei has forced thousands of people to abandon their homes and flee to neighboring towns, where international humanitarian organizations are struggling to supply them with the most basic goods and services. (Associated Press)
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New York City's fire department asked former President George W. Bush to write the introduction to its book marking the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists attacks. (Fire Department of New York)
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Smoke rises from debris as foreign journalists on a tour sponsored by the Libyan government take photographs next to a damaged truck at the Hadba agricultural area outside Tripoli, Libya, on Wednesday, June 8, 2011. Libyan officials claim the area was a target of a NATO airstrike Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (right) shakes hands with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels on Wednesday, June 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)
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NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Tuesday that Russia cannot be a direct participant in a planned missile-defense system. "NATO cannot outsource to nonmembers collective defense obligations which bind its members," he said. (Associated Press)
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This photo was released by the Syrian official news agency, SANA, which said Syrian policemen were carrying the coffins of their comrades. Residents fearing retaliation fled the northern region of Jisr al-Shughour, where authorities said weekend clashes between armed men and government troops killed 120 security forces. (Associated Press)
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A plume of smoke rises following an airstrike in Tripoli, Libya, on May 24, 2011. The Obama administration reached out Tuesday to the Libyan rebels and said Moammar Gadhafi would "inevitably" be forced from power as the U.S.-backed NATO coalition launched a withering bombardment on the Libyan leader's stronghold of Tripoli. (Associated Press)
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Israeli troops patrol the border between Israel and Syria near the village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights early on Monday, June 6, 2011. Israel braced for more border violence after a day of deadly clashes with pro-Palestinian protesters who tried to surge into the Israeli-controlled Golan from Syria. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
