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A Memorial Day reflection

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Deuce Davis
May 25, 2026
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Today, the flags fly at half-staff, and the names get read aloud, and somewhere a teenager who enlisted because the recruiter came to his high school and the recruiter’s office was warmer than his mother’s apartment will be told that he is part of a tradition. That tradition is real. So is the story that surrounds it, and the …

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