This Memorial Day, we’ll enjoy our freedoms by sleeping in, barbecuing and watching fireworks. As we celebrate, we should also remember the sacrifice they required.

In this 2015 Advocate cover story, an Army medic in Iraq, a WWII Purple Heart veteran and a field artillery officer in the Korean War share their stories from on and off the battlefield.

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