Sam Fielder, a Korean War Veteran, left, and Edward Borcherdt, designer of the memorial, look for an image of Fielder that is part of the memorial on July 27, 2004 in Washington. The Korean War Veterans Armistice Committee held a ceremony to commemorate the 51st anniversary of the Korean War and the 9th anniversary of the Korean War Veterans Memorial...(UPI Photo/Michael Kleinfeld) | License Photo
Volunteer scout Mark Lederhos,5, of Centennial, Colorado places flags at veterans gravesites during Memorial Day weekend at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver on May 26, 2007. The volunteers place over 88,000 flags continuing a tradition begun in the early 1950's. (UPI Photo/Gary C. Caskey) | License Photo
Veterans march in the 27th Annual Saint Louis Regional Veterans' Day Observance Parade in St. Louis on November 6, 2010. UPI/Bill Greenblatt | License Photo
U.S. Marines line a ramp on the Pacific side of the National World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington on March 11, 2010. Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, executive producers of a new HBO miniseries "The Pacific," are hosting a ceremony to honor World War II veterans who served in the Pacific. UPI/Alexis C. Glenn | License Photo
Members of the Army Reserve participate in a ceremony to re-enlist 100 Reserve soldiers on the west lawn of the Capitol building in Washington on April 23, 2008. The ceremony celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the United States Army Reserve and honors its Soldiers and Veterans who have played a vital role in every major U.S military conflict and humanitarian mission. (UPI Photo/Patrick D. McDermott) | License Photo
Members of a World War II re-enactment team move up Market Street in heavy equiptment during the St. Louis Veterans Day Parade in downtown St. Louis on November 6, 2004. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt) | License Photo
Two Vietnam Veterans embrace during a Memorial Day Ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, in Washington on May 29, 2006. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch) | License Photo
Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars salute during the National Anthem after U.S. President Barack Obama spoke during Memorial Day Ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on May 25, 2009. (UPI Photo/Joshua Roberts/POOL) | License Photo
Local war veterans march with an oversized American flag during the 27th Annual Saint Louis Regional Veterans' Day Observance Parade in St. Louis on November 6, 2010. UPI/Bill Greenblatt | License Photo
A visitor to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial places a flag on the Memorial a day before Memorial day in Washington on May 30, 2010. UPI/Kevin Dietsch | License Photo
Injured veterans start off on the three day Wounded Warrior Soldier Ride on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on April 28, 2010. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg | License Photo
Lin McGee (R) participates in a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia on November 11, 2009. UPI/Kevin Dietsch | License Photo
US President elect Barack Obama (L) and Gulf War Veteran Tammy Duckworth, who lost both her legs in combat, bow their heads as they honors America's veterans on Veterans Day at the Bronze Soldiers Memorial in Chicago on November 11, 2008. (UPI Photo/Tannen Maury/Pool) | License Photo
Mike Akins, 62, of Woodbridge, Virginia, helps to decorate a Christmas tree at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall in Washington on December 20, 2007. Akins' brother Steven Townsley was killed in Vietnam. The tree was decorated with cards, sent by Americans, containing messages for those remembered on the Wall as well as active-duty military personnel. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg). | License Photo
A man touches the name of a fallen soldier on The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, in Washington on May 28, 2006. The monument was crowded with visitors and moaners as they paid their respects on this Memorial Day weekend. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch) | License Photo
A member of the D.A.V. Honor Guard steps lines up in position during a ceremony for Veterans Day at the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery on November 11, 2004. President George W. Bush later said that even at that moment, troops were fighting in Iraq, and that all Americans should remember and know the sacrifice the men and women in the United States armed services make to preserve freedom at home and abroad...(UPI Photo/Michael Kleinfeld) | License Photo
