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Pulitzer Prize winning author and poet, Robert Penn Warren, ponders a question at a literary conference at the Claremont Colleges in California.

Denali and Nuka, a male and a female walrus, kiss by their pond at the NY Aquarium as spectators watch.

George Wallace was trying for an unprecedented fourth try at the governor's office in Alabama. Photo was taken during one of the many press conferences he held around the state.

A sun and the American flag reflect on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

The opening day of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was Nov. 11, 1982. Emotions ran high as vets remembered their fallen friends and in some cases were reunited. Here, a couple embraces. The couple was there for almost 10 minutes, just holding each…

His mind perhaps thousands of miles away and years ago, Jeremiah Connors sobs at the wall after finding the name of a friend who didn't come home. One veteran weeps and shakes as he found name after name on the wall, turned and said, 'These aren't…

His mind thousands of miles away and years ago, Jeremiah Connors sobs at the wall after finding the name of a friend who didn't come home. One veteran, weeping and shaking as he found name after name on the wall, turned and said 'These aren't just…

Thousands lined the streets of Washington to say Thanks, God Bless You, and Welcome Home to the parading vets. At the dedication, old uniforms, flags, purple hearts and solemn faces were everywhere.

Seven years later, these veterans finally received the welcome home parade they never got at the war's end. Steve Slaughter, ex-marine salutes the emotional and joyous cheers of the crowd along the parade route.

As old friends reunited, the presence of those missing was heavy in the air.