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Veterans need more recognition [UCLA Daily Bruin]
UCLA Daily Bruin ^ | May 18, 2005 | David Keyes

Posted on 05/18/2005 2:20:03 PM PDT by La Enchiladita

It's rather strange when you stop to think about it. Just a stone's throw away from UCLA there are thousands and thousands of bodies buried beneath the ground. Uniform white tombstones rather unceremoniously mark the graves of U.S. veterans.

The street is called Veteran, after all, for a reason.

Dedicated in 1889, the Los Angeles National Cemetery is the burial site for American soldiers of nearly every war of the past century, including both world wars, Korea, Vietnam and more. Neat rows of tombstones run parallel for as long as the eye can see.

Large grass fields await the fallen soldiers of the inevitable next war. For if there is one certainty, it is the continued folly and subsequent bloodshed of all people.

I wonder how often we students, and all humanity for that matter, stop to think about the great sacrifices of our veterans. A bit of reflection is the least we can do. Though they are buried just meters from our homes, their lives and sacrifices are all too often forgotten.

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