Remembering the Casualties of War this Veterans Day
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On this Veterans Day, let us remember the soldiers and veterans that have died from injuries sustained in war, but go unacknowledged. I am speaking of the thousands of men and women who have taken their own lives as a result of the US government sending them to war, often repeatedly.
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