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Do you love the country that you live in? Are you proud to be an American? Do you respect the people from the past and the present that made it capable for you to live free in a country that is strongly protected? Do you realize how much these people did and are still doing for you? How much they left behind in order to protect you? You a person who they have never meet? Have you ever taken a second to look at how much we are paying the people who make our lives trouble-free? Is there really a set number that could thank them for their contributions to our land we love so much? These men and women are walking heros. They leave everything behind in order for us to live in a free and safe country. They begin this journey at a young age. The

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