Ernie Lamson salutes during the Pledge of Allegiance at a Veterans Day ceremony at the Vietnam War Memorial on the State Capitol grounds in St. Paul, Minn. Monday, Nov. 11, 2013. The 91-year-old served in WWII with the 82nd Airborne Division.
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Today is a time set aside in many nations to commemorate the sacrifice made by service men and women in the two world wars and conflicts thereafter. In the U.S., we call it Veterans Day. Overseas its known as Remembrance Day.
We're collecting photos from here in Minnesota, the United States, Europe and Australia. We also mark the day with a story about Marian Krinke, a Red Cross volunteer during World War II in England .
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President Barack Obama positions a commemorative wreath during a ceremony on Veterans Day at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery on November 11, 2013 in Arlington, Va. 1 of 20
Ernie Lamson salutes during the Pledge of Allegiance at a Veterans Day ceremony at the Vietnam War Memorial on the State Capitol grounds in St. Paul, Minn. Monday, Nov. 11, 2013. The 91-year-old served in WWII with the 82nd Airborne Division.MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson
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Veterans John Anderson, left, and Rick Pieper make adjustments to an array of flags before the Veterans Day ceremony at the Vietnam War Memorial on the State Capitol grounds in St. Paul, Minn. Monday, Nov. 11, 2013.MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson
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