Veterans Day 2012

George Michel receives a hug from Stocker Elementary School fourth-grader Ava Bruhn, 9, on Friday Nov. 9, 2012, at the school located in Kenosha, Wis. Michel had just received the World War II Victory Medal, 65 years after leaving the U.S. Air Force. The presentation was made during the school?s annual Veterans Day observance. Ava's second-grade teacher at Stocker is Michel's daughter, Barbara Gentz.

Credit: AP Photo/Kenosha News, John Krerowicz