BIDEN JOINS VETERANS DAY HONOURS (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Tuesday, November 11, 2014, 14:33

US Vice-President Joe Biden has called US military veterans the "heart and soul" and "very spine of this nation".

Mr Biden made the remarks after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider at Arlington National Cemetery in honour of Veterans Day.

Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel was to deliver remarks at the Vietnam War memorial in Washington DC.

The US first began celebrating Veterans Day to honour all US veterans in place of Armistice Day in 1954.

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