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![Memorial Day Movie: Saving Private Ryan](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2022-05/MDSPL1500.jpeg.jpg?itok=iYA-Kvf2 ""Saving Private Ryan" (Paramount Pictures)")
![flags in front of each headstone for "Flags-In" at Arlington National Cemetery](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-05/ApNewsroom_Pictures_of_the_Week-North_America-Photo_Gallery_06435.jpg?itok=3sAEnOOy "A member of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, also known as The Old Guard, places flags in front of each headstone for "Flags-In" at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Thursday, May 25, 2023, to honor the Nation's fallen military heroes ahead of Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)")
