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News-Argus/CASEY MOZINGO

Amiya Monroe-Pugh, 6, pushes a flag into the ground above a gravestone of a veteran at Willowdale Cemetery Saturday. Volunteers also placed flags on the graves of veterans at Wayne Memorial Park, Evergreen Cemetery and the Eastern Carolina State Veterans Cemetery for Memorial Day.

News-Argus/STEVE HERRING

Lt. Col. Frederick "Stryker" Haley III, left, commander of the 333rd Fighter Squadron on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, and Ray Harrell, commander of Mount Olive VFW Post 9959, stand in front of the town's Veterans Memorial prior to the start of Sunday's Memorial Day program in Mount Olive. Haley said Memorial Day is a time to remember the stories of those who made the ultimate sacrifice.