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Friday, November 11, 2011

Nov. 11 (8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.) Reading of the names of the fallen (Indiana Univ., South Bend, IN)

from WSBT (CBS affliate)  dot-com

Students from IUSB have joined a nationwide grass-roots effort to honor American service men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq and aAfghanistan during the past decade. On Veterans Day, Friday, Nov. 11, campus and community volunteers at more than 100 college and universities across the nation will read the names of the 6,300-plus casualties of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF), now called Operation New Dawn. At IUSB, members of the Student Veterans Organization will begin reading at 8:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 11, in the Student Activities Center foyer. They will be reading names for the next seven hours. At 2 p.m. there will be a moment of silence for the fallen.

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