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                    <image:loc>https://www.audacy.com/media-library/from-civil-war-to-world-war-ii-and-beyond-remembering-those-lost.jpg?id=64855624&amp;width=1200</image:loc>                    <image:caption>Memorial Day commemoration at NHB/NMRTC Bremerton - remembrance reflection and respect those who have been lost to their country, to their family, to their community, and to their fellow service men and women.</image:caption>                    <image:title>From Civil War to World War II and beyond: Remembering those lost</image:title>                </image:image>
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                <lastmod>2020-11-19T05:20:25+00:00</lastmod>
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                <lastmod>2025-08-04T13:15:58+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <image:loc>https://www.audacy.com/media-library/endcover.jpg?id=64855235&amp;width=1200</image:loc>                    <image:caption>A proposed rule would end access to abortions and abortion counseling for veterans and beneficiaries of VA’s Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.</image:caption>                    <image:title>ENDCOVER</image:title>                </image:image>
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                <lastmod>2020-11-19T13:14:27+00:00</lastmod>
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                <lastmod>2022-04-16T17:40:29+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <image:loc>https://www.audacy.com/media-library/natscover.jpg?id=64860765&amp;width=1200</image:loc>                    <image:caption>The Washington Nationals welcomed approximately 150 service members to the ballpark on April 14, 2022 for high-intensity interval training and the chance to win prizes like autographed baseballs and premium tickets.</image:caption>                    <image:title>NATSCOVER</image:title>                </image:image>
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                <lastmod>2023-05-30T15:39:03+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <image:loc>https://www.audacy.com/media-library/the-lessons-of-sacrifice-from-memorial-day-ceremony-in-france.jpg?id=64855607&amp;width=1200</image:loc>                    <image:caption>Rear Adm. Brad Collins, commander, Navy Region Europe, Africa, Central (EURAFCENT), renders honors during a Memorial Day commemoration ceremony to honor the Allied troops that died in the Battle of Saint Quentin Canal at the Somme American Cemetery in Bony, France, May 28, 2023</image:caption>                    <image:title>The lessons of sacrifice from Memorial Day ceremony in France</image:title>                </image:image>
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                <lastmod>2025-09-26T13:39:58+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <image:loc>https://www.audacy.com/media-library/servicecover.jpg?id=64855206&amp;width=1200</image:loc>                    <image:caption>Columbia VA Health Care System Acting Executive Director/CEO David Brett Vess, left, presents Navy veteran and centenarian, Lee O. McKinnon, center, a letter and Centenarian coin from the Secretary of the VA, Doug Collins, Aug. 6, 2025.</image:caption>                    <image:title>SERVICECOVER</image:title>                </image:image>
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                <lastmod>2023-12-19T16:02:13+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <image:loc>https://www.audacy.com/media-library/campcover.jpg?id=64873055&amp;width=1200</image:loc>                    <image:caption>Applications are now being accepted for DAV Patriot Boot Camp, a free entrepreneur training event set for Feb. 7-9, 2024, in Erlanger, Kentucky.</image:caption>                    <image:title>CAMPCOVER</image:title>                </image:image>
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                <lastmod>2020-11-19T05:20:25+00:00</lastmod>
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                <lastmod>2025-08-04T13:03:17+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <image:loc>https://www.audacy.com/media-library/browncover.jpg?id=64855234&amp;width=1200</image:loc>                    <image:caption>Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins, left, swore in U.S. Army veteran Samuel Brown as VA’s eighth Undersecretary of Memorial Affairs on July 31. Brown was confirmed for the post by the Senate on July 29. Department of Veterans Affairs</image:caption>                    <image:title>BROWNCOVER</image:title>                </image:image>
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                    <image:loc>https://www.audacy.com/media-library/gardencover.jpg?id=64860748&amp;width=1200</image:loc>                    <image:caption>Orlando VA teamed up with the Armed Forces Families Foundation to renovate extra space at the facility into a tranquility garden.</image:caption>                    <image:title>GARDENCOVER</image:title>                </image:image>
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                    <image:loc>https://www.audacy.com/media-library/ukraine.jpg?id=64855974&amp;width=1200</image:loc>                    <image:caption>Toys are seen next to the destroyed house of Iryna Minenko, 35, on April 28, 2022, in Zahaltsi, Ukraine. The family of Marine veteran Willy Joseph Cancel has told news outlets that he died this week while fighting with Ukrainian forces against Russia.</image:caption>                    <image:title>UKRAINE</image:title>                </image:image>
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                    <image:loc>https://www.audacy.com/media-library/ukrainecover.jpg?id=64855974&amp;width=1200</image:loc>                    <image:title>UKRAINECOVER</image:title>                </image:image>
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                <loc>https://www.audacy.com/wwl/news/national/hannity-told-trump-no-more-stolen-election-talk</loc>
                <lastmod>2022-01-21T16:22:32+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <image:loc>https://www.audacy.com/media-library/sean-hannity.jpg?id=63947907&amp;width=1200</image:loc>                    <image:title>Sean Hannity</image:title>                </image:image>
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                <loc>https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/marine-vet-receives-navy-cross-55-years-after-heroic-actions</loc>
                <lastmod>2024-09-03T19:54:14+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <image:loc>https://www.audacy.com/media-library/hellercover.jpg?id=64859776&amp;width=1200</image:loc>                    <image:caption>Marine Commandant Gen. Eric M. Smith pins Cpl. Daniel L. Heller, a U.S. Marine Corps Vietnam veteran, during his Navy Cross award ceremony at Marine Barracks Washington, Washington D.C., Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. The award ceremony was an upgrade to a Navy Achievement Medal (with Valor device) for Cpl. Heller&#39;s actions during the Vietnam War on Feb. 13, 1969.</image:caption>                    <image:title>HELLERCOVER</image:title>                </image:image>
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                <loc>https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/service-members-stationed-overseas-can-enjoy-the-nfl</loc>
                <lastmod>2024-09-04T12:38:26+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <image:loc>https://www.audacy.com/media-library/service-members-stationed-overseas-can-enjoy-the-nfl.jpg?id=64859773&amp;width=1200</image:loc>                    <image:caption>Quarterback Lamar Jackson #8 of the Baltimore Ravens rushes for an 8-yard touchdown against Sheldon Rankins #98 of the Houston Texans.</image:caption>                    <image:title>Service members stationed overseas can enjoy the NFL</image:title>                </image:image>
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                    <image:loc>https://www.audacy.com/media-library/service-members-stationed-overseas-can-enjoy-the-nfl.jpg?id=64859766&amp;width=1200</image:loc>                    <image:caption>Jeff Driskel, #16 of the Washington Commanders, scrambles against the New England Patriots during the second quarter of the preseason game at Commanders Field on Aug. 25, 2024 in Landover, Maryland. Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)</image:caption>                    <image:title>Service members stationed overseas can enjoy the NFL</image:title>                </image:image>
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                <loc>https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/morgan-freeman-lloyd-austin-discuss-upcoming-documentary</loc>
                <lastmod>2023-08-04T13:16:27+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <image:loc>https://www.audacy.com/media-library/morgan-freeman-defense-secretary-discuss-upcoming-documentary.jpg?id=64873099&amp;width=1200</image:loc>                    <image:caption>Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts Morgan Freeman for a private screening and conversation about Freeman’s documentary on the 761st Tank Battalion at the Pentagon, Aug. 2, 2023</image:caption>                    <image:title>Morgan Freeman, Defense Secretary discuss upcoming documentary</image:title>                </image:image>
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                    <image:loc>https://www.audacy.com/media-library/austin-morgan-freeman-discuss-upcoming-documentary.jpg?id=64873087&amp;width=1200</image:loc>                    <image:caption>Tank crews from the 761st Tank Battalion await orders to clean out scattered Nazi machine gun nests in Coburg, Germany, April 25, 1945.</image:caption>                    <image:title>Austin, Morgan Freeman Discuss Upcoming Documentary</image:title>                </image:image>
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                <loc>https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/how-wwii-korean-war-veteran-wish-became-reality</loc>
                <lastmod>2024-09-04T12:39:54+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <image:loc>https://www.audacy.com/media-library/tomahcover.jpg?id=64859763&amp;width=1200</image:loc>                    <image:caption>Tomah VA Medical Center and Volk Field staff recently worked together to make a veteran’s wish a reality.</image:caption>                    <image:title>TOMAHCOVER</image:title>                </image:image>
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                <loc>https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/weis-markets-supports-wreaths-across-america-2024</loc>
                <lastmod>2024-11-26T11:36:22+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <image:loc>https://www.audacy.com/media-library/weiscover.jpg?id=64855912&amp;width=1200</image:loc>                    <image:caption>Weis Markets is a proud sponsor of Wreaths Across America.</image:caption>                    <image:title>WEISCOVER</image:title>                </image:image>
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                <loc>https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/man-pleads-guilty-to-using-twins-identity-for-va-benefits</loc>
                <lastmod>2022-01-31T17:25:10+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <image:loc>https://www.audacy.com/media-library/doj.jpg?id=64860835&amp;width=1200</image:loc>                    <image:caption>Wayne Bowen, 64, of Jacksonville, Florida pled guilty to defrauding multiple federal and state benefit programs by assuming the identity of his twin brother who had justly earned these benefits, the Department of Justice said.</image:caption>                    <image:title>DOJ</image:title>                </image:image>
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                <loc>https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/vetcare/funding-cuts-to-nprc-pose-risk-to-veterans</loc>
                <lastmod>2025-10-10T14:31:33+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <image:loc>https://www.audacy.com/media-library/paralysiscover.jpg?id=64855092&amp;width=1200</image:loc>                    <image:caption>Officials with the National Paralysis Resource Center and the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation say funding cuts to the NPRC would negatively impact veterans living with paralysis.</image:caption>                    <image:title>PARALYSISCOVER</image:title>                </image:image>
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                <loc>https://www.audacy.com/wwl/news/local/hurricane-rafael-to-stay-away-but-could-send-rain</loc>
                <lastmod>2024-11-07T13:25:09+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <image:loc>https://www.audacy.com/media-library/tropics.png?id=64254551&amp;width=1200</image:loc>                    <image:title>Tropics</image:title>                </image:image>
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                <loc>https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/last-wwii-coastie-pow-comes-home</loc>
                <lastmod>2020-11-18T22:35:32+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <image:loc>https://www.audacy.com/media-library/lt-crotty.png?id=64860830&amp;width=1200</image:loc>                    <image:title>Lt. Crotty</image:title>                </image:image>
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                <loc>https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/the-story-of-a-gold-star-father-and-a-sons-legacy</loc>
                <lastmod>2024-11-26T13:39:28+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <image:loc>https://www.audacy.com/media-library/fathercover.jpg?id=64855911&amp;width=1200</image:loc>                    <image:caption>Wayland Strickland holds a photo and military medals of his son, Marine Lance Cpl. Evan Strickland.</image:caption>                    <image:title>FATHERCOVER</image:title>                </image:image>
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                <loc>https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/verizon-amazon-prime-deal-military-veterans</loc>
                <lastmod>2020-11-18T22:35:36+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <image:loc>https://www.audacy.com/media-library/u-s-military-personnel-use-smartphones-to-take-photographs-of-u-s-president-donald-trump.png?id=64860829&amp;width=1200</image:loc>                    <image:title>U.S. military personnel use smartphones to take photographs of U.S. President Donald Trump</image:title>                </image:image>
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                <loc>https://www.audacy.com/wwl/local-sports/saints/michael-thomas-says-hell-be-back-in-week-7</loc>
                <lastmod>2020-10-16T21:37:27+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <image:loc>https://www.audacy.com/media-library/new-orleans-saints-wide-receiver-michael-thomas-13-runs-after-a-reception-in-the-first-quarter-against-the-carolina-panthers-a.jpg?id=64219162&amp;width=1200</image:loc>                    <image:title>New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas (13) runs after a reception in the first quarter against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium. </image:title>                </image:image>
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                <loc>https://www.audacy.com/wwl/news/weather/hurricane-watch-for-new-orleans-area-as-zeta-approaches</loc>
                <lastmod>2020-10-26T21:20:18+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <image:loc>https://www.audacy.com/media-library/zeta.gif?id=64219167&amp;width=1200</image:loc>                    <image:title>Zeta</image:title>                </image:image>
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