November 15, 2011
A proud veteran salutes during the national anthem at Friday’s Veterans Day remembrance at the Payson High School Auditorium.
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Grief, grins provoke tears on Vets Day
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The children made them grin. The video made them cry. And Bill Deerfield’s Purple Heart made them stand up and cheer. All told, hundreds of tough-as-nails veterans of the D-Day landings, Chosin Reservoir, Vietnam firefights, Iraqi ambushes and a hundred other deadly conflicts spent much of the two-hour Veterans Day services in Payson dabbing away tears.
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