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Military veterans, volunteers, and members of the National Park Service stand at attention during a wreath laying ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, on Memorial Day, May 27, 2024. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
(Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ana Melendez, of Washington, whose family is originally from El Salvador, adorns the grave of her brother, Marine Corporal Carlos Melendez, who died serving in Iraq in 2011, in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Monday, May 27, 2024, on Memorial Day. “It’s been so many years,” says Melendez, “and it still feels like I am waiting for him to come home.”
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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