This Veteran's Day, let us give thanks to the brave men and women of the armed forces, and everyone who risks their lives to protect ours.
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A Thai soldier carries a frail Buddhist monk to safety during flooding.
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A German soldier applies a dressing to a wounded Russian civilian.
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A fire fighter pulls a young boy from a fire.
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U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman HM1 Richard Barnett holds a child after she was separated from her family during a fire fight.
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A police officer helps people as they evacuate the area around the World Trade Center.
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A Fire fighter battles the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park, California.
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A riot officer accepts a heart-shaped balloon from a young boy in Bucharest, Romania.
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Captain Donald Spindler pulls 6 year-old Aaliyah Frazier from a fire in Indiana.
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A medic bandages the injured foot of a child while his younger brother looks on.
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A grateful woman is incredibly relieved to have her cat back.
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Figo, a Kentucky police dog, pays his last respects to his human partner, Officer Jason Ellis, who was killed in the line of duty.
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A 4-month-old baby girl is rescued from the rubble by military personnel four days after the Japanese tsunami.
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The tattoo of wounded soldier Kyle Hockenberry becomes reality.
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Firefighters line the streets during the funeral of seven year-old Daniel Barden, who dreamed of joining their ranks but whose life was cut short at Sandy Hook.
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A fire fighter pulls a survivor from a house fire and into the arms of his owners.
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Terri Gurrola is reunited with her daughter after serving in Iraq for 7 months.
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Joseph Dwyer carries an injured boy away from fire and to safety.
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New York fire fighters, many of whom lost friends in the 911 attacks, learn of Osama bin Laden's death.
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Petty Officer Ryan Lee and Valdo snuggle on a hospital floor after a lucky escape.
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A Portuguese soldier lays two canine comrades to rest.
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A US Medic attempts to save the life of a wounded comrade.
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A fireman rescues a koala during Australian bush fires.
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A Canadian soldier during the last ceremony after troops ended their combat mission.
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A nurse comforts an injured dog as it lays devastated in the aftermath of a tornado.
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Volunteers learn how to fight fires at Pearl Harbor
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A seven year old boy is pulled from the ruins left by the Haiti earthquake by American fire fighters and into the arms of his mother.
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Pearl Harbor survivor Houston James of Dallas embraces Marine Staff Sgt. Mark Graunke Jr. who lost a hand, leg, and eye while defusing a bomb in Iraq.
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Rescue workers carry a child who was rescued from the rubble at the site of a collapsed residential building in Mumbai.
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Fire fighters pull a mother and daughter from a car wreck dangling over a bridge.
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A police officer stops traffic, in the rain, to save a wounded dog.
