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7th Annual Veterans Appreciation Breakfast and Fair

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Korean War veteran Edward A. Auerbach, left and back, points to the name of his Libbey High School teacher and football coach Charles A. Robinson on a plaque honoring area WWII veterans on the memorial wall at UT. At right is Lloyd Moore, a Vietnam era veteran. More than 400 people attend the 7th Annual Veterans Appreciation Breakfast and Fair at Savage Arena at the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio on November 11, 2011. The second part of the program was held at the Veterans Memorial Plaza on the UT campus.

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Vietnam War veterans David Berry, of Sylvania, Navy, left; Ralph Mussehl, of Toledo, Marines, and Charles R. Edwards, of Toledo, Army, talking before the program begins.

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Keynote speaker Lt. Col. Jonathan Beasley addressing the crowd of more than 400 people.

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World War II veteran Jim Granner, of Toledo, left, Wanda Bielski, center, and World War II veteran John Bielski, Wanda's husband, at the arena. Granner was in the Army Air Corps, and Bielski an army artillery unit.

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Marine veteran Larry Barnett, of Temperance, Michigan, captain of the Lou Diamond Marine Corps League Detachment 272 (the Lou Diamond Detachment) honor guard, and M. Sgt. Stephen Kosinski at the memorial wall at the University of Toledo.

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M.Sgt. Steven Kosinski, USMC, salutes during the pledge of allegiance.

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U.S. Navy veteran Randy Klaus, of Toledo, saluting during the singing of the U.S. national anthem.

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Vietnam War veterans David Berry, of Sylvania, Navy, left, and Ralph Mussehl, of Toledo, Marines, after the program at the arena.

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Vietnam War veterans David Berry, of Sylvania, Navy, left, and Ralph Mussehl, of Toledo, Marines, after the program at the arena.

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