Memorial Day 2011: Tributes to the Fallen

Memorial Day 2011: Tributes to the Fallen
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Dearly Departed
An Iraq War veteran sits and drinks a beer beside the symbolic graves of fallen friends, Sgt. Eric Snell and Pfc Michael Pittman, both from his former unit, at the Arlington West Memorial on Memorial Day in Santa Monica, California on May 30, 2011.

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