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Howard Nunooruk Sr. places flowers on the gravesite of his brother Romeo Nanooruk at Fort Richardson National Cemetery on Veterans Day on Friday, November 11, 2016. Romeo Nanooruk, who died in 1987, was a World War II veteran who fought in the Aleutian Island Campaign, according to Howard’s son, Homer Nunooruk. Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News)