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"The chief drill instructor told me, 'Ross, you're going to have big shoes to fill.' I said, 'Yes, sir. Thankfully, I wear size 15.'"
Thousands across the country played Taps at the same time to commemorate the holiday.
In the final eight years of his life, he painted over 220 of them in action, which have now been published in a book.
Christopher Slutman was killed in Afghanistan this month, three weeks before he was set to go home
In the months following Pearl Harbor, a group of 80 men known as "Doolittle's Raiders" launched an attack on Japan
Jim McGlynn survived the collapse of the North Tower
Smith has died of cancer, but his words live on
"I told him that this was the second hardest thing that he's done his entire life"
CBS News met up with a group as they toured areas of Vietnam for the first time since the war ended
David Babson is doing his part to help a community rocked by a deadly tornado
The volunteer rifle squad and color guard at Minnesota's Fort Snelling hasn't missed a funeral in 40 years
More than 1,000 strangers showed up to say farewell to Joseph Walker, an Air Force veteran they never met
The man never said a word, while he stood holding an umbrella for her for 45 minutes
Tony Foulds was only 8 when he saw a damaged bomber try to land on a field where he was playing
Jamie Douglas decided she wanted to surprise her husband once she got home
"I think like most people, the fact that you can't find out what you want to know immediately makes you crazy"