Images From Memorial Day 2006 Across The USA

A U.S. Memorial Day display is seen in the staff canteen of the U.S. Embassy in the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq Monday, May 29, 2006. The U.S. public holiday was formerly known as Decoration Day. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

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Carlos Mendez, a medic during the Vietnam War, plays the harmonica near the graves of thousands of veterans at the Los Angeles National Cemetery in the Westwood section of Los Angeles on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2006.(AP Photo/Nick Ut)

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George Johnson, a member of VFW Post 2508, plays 'Taps' during Memorial Day services, Monday, May 29, 2006, in Kirksville, Mo. (AP Photo/The Kirksville Daily Express, Al Maglio)

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A member of the Mile High Skydiving team guides an American flag in to Folsom Field during a Memorial Day ceremony and the running of the 28th annual Bolder Boulder 10-kilometer road race Monday, May 29, 2006, in Boulder, Colo. More than 46,000 runners took part in the race, which is the third-largest 10-kilometer run staged in North America. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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Vietnam veteran Wayne McAlexander of Lynchburtg, Va., attends a Memorial Day service, Monday, May 29, 2006, in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

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A U.S. Park Police officer is reflected in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial as he stands at attention, Monday, May 29, 2006, during Memorial Day festivities in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

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Hundreds attend the Memorial Day commemoration at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington May 29, 2006. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

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Members of an honor guard salute during a Memorial Day ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl crater in Honolulu, Monday, May 29, 2006, The guards are standing in front of the 'Lady Columbia' statue that represents all grieving mothers and looks out over the cemetery that fills the 116-acre crater. (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni)

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Korean War veteran Tom Walsh of the West Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, places his hand over his heart during the playing of taps at a Memorial Day service at the Gardens at Gethsemane cemetery in Boston, Monday, May 29, 2006. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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Veterans from various groups get ready to troop the colors during a ceremony marking Memorial Day at Arlington National Ceremony in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 29, 2006. President Bush also attended the event. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Ray Ackerman of Burbank, California, a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean conflict, holds a small U.S. flag as he waits for a Memorial Day ceremony to begin in Burbank, California May 29, 2006. REUTERS/Fred Prouser

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