A man in a wheelchair chats with and hugs another man.

Zoom-in on a group of American war veterans saluting in the foreground of the Jefferson Memorial.

Four soldiers shoot their guns in unison.

A widow and her children place flags on the grave of a veteran.

A woman shakes hands with a man in a wheelchair.

A flower leans on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall.

Headstones mark veterans' graves at Arlington National Cemetery.

A black leather jacket bears a POW/MIA patch.

The Washington Monument towers over the National WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Twenty-thousand war veterans protest in Washington, DC for their army bonus.

A Paraplegic Veteran gets fitted for a mono ski in Crested Butte Mountain Resort, Colorado.

Marines raise the flag on Iwo Jima.

US flags decorate headstones in Arlington National Cemetery.

Vietnam veteran and amputee Bob Wieland finishes the New York City Marathon in 81 hours, using only his arms to propel himself.

A portion of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall shows the reflection of a fluttering American flag.

Military personnel push a WWII veteran in a wheelchair onto the field at Fenway Park in Boston before a Red Sox game.