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In November 1919, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day – a day to observe the end of World War I in 1918, or what was known at the time as “the war to end all wars.” Armistice Day evolved into Veterans Day to …

A recent survey of U.S. Army members shows almost 50 percent of soldiers are unhappy in their service and more than half are pessimistic about the future of the military. Such news quickly brings the “bad old days” of post-Vietnam America to mind. Our fighting forces returned from Southeast Asia—many …