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The National Memorial Day Concert on PBS premieres the Sunday evening before Memorial Day. Find out when it's airing on your local station.

Academy Award winner Tom Hanks pays tribute the Veterans of World War II. (2004)

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"My Father, Eugene H. McCord, was a Chief Petty Officer in the Navy during the Korean War. As he was an engineer, he was in the Sea-Bees. He spoke of his fellow sailors and friends often and fondly over the years. He never referred to the hardships he must have endured, but we were always aware of the personal integrity that it took..."

Miriam Joanna Weir
Winters, California