"Today, high school
honor guards are folding the flag, playing taps and firing the rifle salute at some
veterans' funerals because there aren't enough veterans to do it."
By DON BABWIN Associated Press Writer
Nov 10, 1999
WWII in the News
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WWII news:
Oct 20: WWII Sailors Rescue Captain's Honor
Nazi-era Filmmaker Makes Appearance
Oct 19: Dachau Liberator Remembers Experience
Congress Votes To Air War Injustice
Boston museum in pact to keep refugees' painting
Oct 18: Veteran Fights For Smokers' Rights
Holocaust Survivors Give Children Harrowing Lesson
Oct 17: German Code Machine Turns Up at BBC
New Holocaust Footage on German TV
Oct 14: WWII Women Workers To Be Honored
Orson Welles Betrayed to FBI by Mystery Woman
Judge Orders Nazi Trial To Continue
Oct 13: Reconciliation Ceremony
Oct 12: Pearl Harbor Officers Exonerated
"Fifty-four years after the war ended, only 5.9 million Americans out of 16.5 million who served in it are living, and they are dying at a rate of about 1,000 per day."
— Washington Post
"Volunteer Rifle Squad Pays Respects"
By Gregg Aamot, Associated Press Writer
