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At Vietnam Wall, 3,000 roses mark Father's Day remembrance
About 3,000 roses were placed at the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., as part of the annual Father's Day Rose Remembrance. <br>Meredith Tibbetts/Stars and Stripes
About 3,000 roses were placed at the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., as part of the annual Father's Day Rose Remembrance. <br>Meredith Tibbetts/Stars and Stripes

Three thousand roses were placed carefully along the base of the wall at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The colors of the flowers placed for the annual Father’s Day Rose Remembrance had special meaning: The 1,400 red roses were for those killed in action, the 1,200 yellow ones for those missing in action, and the 400 white-with-red-tip ones for "In Memory" honorees — Vietnam veterans who died after the war from war-related causes.

Afghan troops and Taliban fighters greet each other in Mihtarlam, the capital of Afghanistan's Laghman province, on Saturday, June 16, 2018, during a historic pair of unilateral cease-fires coinciding with the Eid al-Fitr holiday. <br>Courtesy of Iftekhar Safi
Afghan troops and Taliban fighters greet each other in Mihtarlam, the capital of Afghanistan's Laghman province, on Saturday, June 16, 2018, during a historic pair of unilateral cease-fires coinciding with the Eid al-Fitr holiday. <br>Courtesy of Iftekhar Safi

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The Taliban ordered their fighters back to the trenches Sunday hours after a suicide car bombing spoiled a holiday cease-fire.

Armed alleged Taliban watch a convoy Army National Army pass through in Logar province during unprecedented mutual cease-fires between the Taliban and the Afghan government over the weekend. Soldiers of the Afghan National Army's 203rd Corps ventured peacefully to a Taliban stronghold after armed Taliban walked past military checkpoints without firing Friday. <br>J.p. Lawrence/Stars and Stripes
Armed alleged Taliban watch a convoy Army National Army pass through in Logar province during unprecedented mutual cease-fires between the Taliban and the Afghan government over the weekend. Soldiers of the Afghan National Army's 203rd Corps ventured peacefully to a Taliban stronghold after armed Taliban walked past military checkpoints without firing Friday. <br>J.p. Lawrence/Stars and Stripes

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Afghan soldiers test cease-fire with visit to Taliban strongholds

On the second day of unprecedented mutual cease-fires, Afghan soldiers convoyed to a village that for months was deemed too dangerous to visit — the stronghold of the Taliban in Logar province.

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Michael Hartwick was killed in action during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2006. His daughter Haley remembers her father as born leader with a passion for flying. <br>fallenpatriots.org
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Michael Hartwick was killed in action during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2006. His daughter Haley remembers her father as born leader with a passion for flying. <br>fallenpatriots.org

Father's Day is 'bittersweet' for children who lost their dads in the line of duty

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Capt. Harry Moore as seen at left in 1948. Moore recounted being shot down in 1944 in China: "Heavy ground fire ... hit my plane, a bullet coming through the canopy striking in front of the instrument panel and cutting the ignition wires. ... I left the plane at about 200 feet and landed in a rice paddy right along side the mountain. ... The plane crashed about 50 yards from me and burned." He left his parachute and pack behind. He was given Chinese clothes to wear. "Mine were left in the mountains."<br>Courtesy of Moore family via Idaho Statesman/MCT
Capt. Harry Moore as seen at left in 1948. Moore recounted being shot down in 1944 in China: "Heavy ground fire ... hit my plane, a bullet coming through the canopy striking in front of the instrument panel and cutting the ignition wires. ... I left the plane at about 200 feet and landed in a rice paddy right along side the mountain. ... The plane crashed about 50 yards from me and burned." He left his parachute and pack behind. He was given Chinese clothes to wear. "Mine were left in the mountains."<br>Courtesy of Moore family via Idaho Statesman/MCT

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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., leaves a closed-door session on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 1, 2017.<br>J. Scott Applewhite/AP
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., leaves a closed-door session on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 1, 2017.<br>J. Scott Applewhite/AP

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Family members watch as the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) departs Naval Station Mayport for a scheduled six-month deployment on Feb. 7, 2018.<br>Michael Lopez/U.S. Navy
Family members watch as the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) departs Naval Station Mayport for a scheduled six-month deployment on Feb. 7, 2018.<br>Michael Lopez/U.S. Navy

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About 3,000 roses were placed at the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., as part of the annual Father's Day Rose Remembrance. <br>Meredith Tibbetts/Stars and Stripes
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At Vietnam Wall, 3,000 roses mark Father's Day remembrance

Three thousand roses were placed carefully along the base of the wall at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The colors of the flowers placed for the annual Father’s Day Rose Remembrance had special meaning: The 1,400 red roses were for those killed in action, the 1,200 yellow ones for those missing in action, and the 400 white-with-red-tip ones for "In Memory" honorees — Vietnam veterans who died after the war from war-related causes.

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