Veterans Week honors those who have served their country
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The Joint ROTC Color Guard leads the Veterans Day parade up Eighth Street on Tuesday morning. The parade began at Francis Quadrangle and ended at the Boone County Courthouse.
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ROTC cadets hold a POW/MIA flag during a ceremony outside of the Boone County Courthouse on Tuesday morning. The ceremony followed a vigil and parade to celebrate Veterans Day.
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Sgt. Matt Eversmann autographs a copy of 'The Battle of Mogadishu' for sophomore Army ROTC cadet Ryan Melton on Wednesday in University Bookstore. Eversmann's leadership in the Somalian battle inspired the film 'Black Hawk Down.'
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Columbia resident Ralph Kreigh decorates cards for patients at the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital on Tuesday at the Craft Studio in Memorial Union. Kreigh's great-uncle, from Boone County, died the day before Armistice Day, the end of World War I.
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Cards made in the Craft Studio on Tuesday wait to be taken to the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital. The card-making activity was one of several events that were part of MU's first-ever Veterans Week.