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morning boys and girls long cane

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elementary school . I'm Colonel Wally

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Hall and I want to thank you very much

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for letting me be a part of your

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Veterans Day celebration today dr

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Carson . I really want to thank you for

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asking me to be a part of it and I'm

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honored to do so . I also want to take

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a minute to give a very , very , very

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special hello to Marissa Arrowood , my

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neighbor and my good friend and I'm

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looking forward to seeing you when I

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get home . Currently I am serving in

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Afghanistan in a place called bagram

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Airfield . It is in the mountainous ,

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the eastern part of the country and

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hopefully your teachers will show you

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on a map today where it is in relation

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to the United States of America and

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south Carolina . And I'm going to kind

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of just point to the map to kind of

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give you an idea of where I am teachers

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to help you out . We're about this area

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right here on the map and you're

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looking at Afghanistan here . Okay ,

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We've been here about a year and we've

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had a very , very good mission so far .

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But we are starting to do our plans to

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come home in january and we are

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definitely looking forward to getting

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back to family and friends . Our unit

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basically provides telephones , video ,

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an internet to all the United States

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military serving in Afghanistan . So we

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are responsible for allowing people to

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communicate throughout the country . I

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won't talk a minute about why we're

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here today and why I'm here with you

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Today is veterans day . It is 11

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November and it's on 11 November every

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year . It was slightly that date

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because it's when the Official Ending

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of World War I took place in 1919 . Way ,

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way back when back then it was known as

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the war to end all wars . Of course we

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know that didn't happen unfortunately

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and we've had many since then . So in

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order to recognize all veterans who

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have served in all wars and conflicts

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serving the United States Veterans Day

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was recognized on the , on the day that

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the World World War ended back in 1919 .

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The purpose of the day obviously is a

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celebration to honor americans ,

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veterans for their patriotism , their

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love of country and willingness to

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serve and sacrifice for the common good .

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The value of patriotism is one that you

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as boys and girls will come to value

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more as you grow older and become more

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involved in your local town , your

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local state , and the federal

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government . And uh , with that ,

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before I start rambling a little bit

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too much and take up too much of your

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time . I won't simply say that has been

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indeed an honor to be a part of this

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recognition and I want to thank each

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and every one of you for taking time to

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support what we do here . More

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importantly , thank you for taking the

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time to remember all veterans who have

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gone before us and again thank you and

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have a great day . God bless America .