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Flags mark each soldier’s grave at Staunton National Cemetery in Staunton, Virginia, on May 30, 2021. The graves are marked as such each year for Memorial Day Weekend. <\/span><\/p>\n

(Photo by Mike Tripp)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photographer’s Note:<\/strong> Each Memorial Day weekend, I try to go visit the local national cemetery to remember the reason for the day as well as what was given.<\/em> <\/p>\n

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\u201cThey found combat to be ugliness, destruction and death and hated it. Anything was better than the blood and carnage, the grime and filth, the impossible demands on the body-anything that is, except letting down their buddies.\u201d
\u2015 Stephen E. Ambrose, <\/span>Band of Brothers<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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