VETERANS [CONTINUED FROM PAGE 84]
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AGE* RATE**
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around 23,000, although the num-
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the Sept. 11, 2001, attack. More than
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Independence Hill
Retirement Resort Community
We’ll Go
Frank Buckles, right, now 108,
Overboard
America’s last known World War I
veteran, meets Maj. Gen. Richard J.
for YOU!
Rowe Jr., USA, left, at a ceremony at
Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
with many more watching from
their offi ces and apartments.
This year’s theme is “The Blessings
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out to make it memorable. “First thing
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with the mayor at Gracie Mansion,”
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