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Article: World War II veterans honored with monument 60 years after war.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- May 29, 2004
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Byline: Tom Infield
WASHINGTON _ Six decades after the most devastating war in world history, America paused Saturday to salute the dwindling generation of its citizens who played a decisive role in the conflict.
Thousands of World War II veterans joined many tens of thousands of people who thronged the vast green mall in the heart of Washington, D.C., for dedication of the National World War II Memorial.
A brigade of speakers, including President Bush, praised the veterans for leading the fight to save democracy in a world of the 1940s that seemed bent on totalitarianism.
"They saved their country and thereby saved the liberty of ...