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- Nearly 50 veterans, residents and Boy Scouts gathered at the monument in Wilton on Monday for the annual Veterans Day Service. Pastor Barry Trask of Calvary Hill Baptist Church is pictured, second from left, offering prayer with two active servicemen shown in front of the veterans: Robert Neushwanger of the 3rd Battalion 304 Regiment of the National Guard of Auburn, in dress uniform, and Master Sgt.Robert Smith, in camouflage gear, who just retired from the Army after two tours of Afghanistan, a tour of Iraq and time in South America. Service organizer State Rep. Russell Black, left, reminded participants how different America would be today if our veterans had not answered the call.
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- John Backus placed a wreath in front of the monument during a Veterans Day service held Monday in Wilton as organizer State Sen. Tom Saviello watches. Nearly 50 veterans, residents and Scouts gathered and remembered veterans. Backus placed the wreath in remembrance of his son, the late Lt. Col. Michael J. Backus of Wilton, who usually participated in the service.
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