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Advertising: With Enough Soldiers, the Army Is Looking for a Few Good Officers

Aug. 2, 2009
The usual Army ads have been tweaked to appeal to achievement-oriented college graduates who could qualify for one of its officer training programs.
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commemorated in Washington
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic