War_Conflict

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Historical photographs of musician John Farris, who was a member of George S. Patton Jr.'s 3rd Army Band during World War II, Springfield, Va., Wednesday, March 19, 2014. (images provided by the Farris family)

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Historical photographs of musician John Farris, who was a member of George S. Patton Jr.'s 3rd Army Band during World War II, Springfield, Va., Wednesday, March 19, 2014. (images provided by the Farris family)

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Historical photographs of musician John Farris, who was a member of George S. Patton Jr.'s 3rd Army Band during World War II, Springfield, Va., Wednesday, March 19, 2014. (images provided by the Farris family)

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Historical photographs of musician John Farris, who was a member of George S. Patton Jr.'s 3rd Army Band during World War II, Springfield, Va., Wednesday, March 19, 2014. (images provided by the Farris family)

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Historical photographs of musician John Farris, who was a member of George S. Patton Jr.'s 3rd Army Band during World War II, Springfield, Va., Wednesday, March 19, 2014. (images provided by the Farris family)

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Spanish clothing retailer Zara yanked a shirt from its shelves after complaints that it too closely resembled the uniforms Holocaust victims were forced to wear while imprisoned in concentration camps. (Zara.com/Jewish Press)

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Firearms instructor Charles Vacca, 39, was accidentally shot in the head by a 9-year-old girl learning to fire an Uzi.

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Ralph Weems, a 32-year-old Marine and Iraq war veteran, was in fair condition Monday, recovering in a Tupelo hospital after he was badly beaten. (Facebook/The Clarion-Ledger)

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National Edition News cover for August 27, 2014 - U.S. citizens joining Islamic State major threat to homeland: in this Monday, June 30, 2014 photo, militants from the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) celebrating the group's declaration of an Islamic state, in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. The militant extremist group's unilateral declaration of an Islamic state is threatening to undermine its already-tenuous alliance with other Sunnis who helped it overrun much of northern and western Iraq. (AP Photo)

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A convoy of vehicles and militant fighters move through Iraq's Anbar Province. The U.S. government is tracking and gathering intelligence on as many as 300 Americans who are fighting side-by-side with the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria and are poised to become a major threat to the homeland, according to senior U.S. officials. (Associated Press)

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Radicalized: Douglas McArthur McCain, an American who converted to Islam, died during clashes in Syria while fighting for the Islamic State. (Facebook)

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1st Lt. Alonzo Cushing (left) poses with other Union troops during the Civil War. Cushing is expected to be awarded the Medal of Honor nearly 150 years after he died defending a Union position during Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg. (Wisconsin Historical Society via Associated Press)

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Alonzo Cushing photo provided by the Wisconsin Historical Society shows First Lt. Alonzo Cushing. A Civil War soldier is to be honored with the nation's highest military decoration 151 years after his death.The White House announced Wednesday that President Barack Obama will give the Medal of Honor to Alonzo H. Cushing. His descendants and Civil War buffs have been pushing for the Union Army lieutenant killed at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to receive the award. (AP Photo/Wisconsin Historical Society)

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Police wait to advance after tear gas was used to disperse a crowd Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014, druing a protest for Michael Brown, who was killed by a police officer last Saturday in Ferguson, Mo. As night fell Sunday in Ferguson, another peaceful protest quickly deteriorated after marchers pushed toward one end of a street. Police attempted to push them back by firing tear gas and shouting over a bullhorn that the protest was no longer peaceful. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) (Inset) Undated Facebook photo of Dillon Taylor, 20 who was shot and killed by a Salt Lake City police officer outside a convenience store.

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National Edition Opinion cover for August 26, 2014 - When foreign terrorism comes home (Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times)

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FOREGONE CONCLUSION: Former head of clandestine services Jose A. Rodriguez Jr., says a Senate report on CIA torture after the Sept. 11 terror attacks is biased away from the facts. (associated press/cia)

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FILE - This Aug. 20, 2014 file photo shows Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey speaking in New York. President Barack Obama's military leadership made clear in recent days that the threat from the Islamic State militants, who murdered American journalist James Foley, cannot be fully eliminated without going after the group in Syria, as well as Iraq."This is an organization that has an apocalyptic, end-of-days strategic vision and which will eventually have to be defeated," said Dempsey. "Can they be defeated without addressing that part of their organization which resides in Syria? The answer is no. That will have to be addressed on both sides of what is essentially at this point a nonexistent border." (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

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Chicago police have seized nearly 3,400 illegal firearms so far this year. Despite Illinois' concealed carry law, police Superintendent Garry F. McCarthy gives greater credit to more vigilant police work for improvements in the Windy City's violent crime statistics. (associated press)