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Veterans Day 2024: ‘Duty called, you answered’

By: Dave Thompson|November 11, 2024
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    • Lt. Gen. Mark H. Landes, commanding general of the U.S. First Army at Rock Island Arsenal, talks with World War II veteran Henry Wood during a Veterans Day celebration on Friday, Nov. 8, at John Deere Headquarters in Moline. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

    “Duty called, you answered.”

    That was one of the themes of a Veterans Day celebration Friday morning, Nov. 8, at John Deere Headquarters in Moline.

    More than 100 people attended the celebration to hear words of praise, bagpipe music, stories of military service as well as eat birthday cake and share a few gifts to honor veterans.

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