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Buchenwald trip has personal meaning for Obama aide

Jun. 7, 2009
Josh Lipsky volunteered to help prepare for President Obama's visit to the concentration camp, where his grandfather had been a prisoner. There he makes a connection with the man he never knew. The clock at Buchenwald was stuck at 3:15. The White House advance guy noticed, and put it on the list...
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visited in Washington
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Veterans etch the names of their friends inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War on May 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. UPI/Pat Benic