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Veterans gather for holiday meal
Dec. 14, 2022 6:48 pm
Local veterans met up to enjoy a holiday meal at the Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Wednesday, December 14, 2022.
Veteran Maryann Partin, 97, of Marion wears a patriotic boy while attending the Veterans holiday meal at Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. Partin was one of the oldest veterans in attendance and will be turning 98 soon. She served as a nurse in the Navy during the Korean War. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Veterans Memorial Building employee Tony Hlas dishes out pieces of pie during the Veterans holiday meal at Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
A veteran holds up his Navy hat to show his friends during the Veterans holiday meal at Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Veteran Richard Navedo of Hiawatha poses for a portrait during the Veterans holiday meal at Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. Navedo served in the army for three years. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
A table setting sits empty to honor prisoners of war during the Veterans holiday meal at Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Volunteer and veteran Dave Lesmeister of Cedar Rapids fist bumps veteran Rudy Gorbatjuk of Cedar Rapids while getting served food during the Veterans holiday meal at Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. Lesmeister served in Marine Corps and Gorbatjuk is a Vietnam vet. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
A drawing by first time volunteer Veronica Cruse sits out on a table as a gift for those in attendance during the Veterans holiday meal at Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. The six year old drew pictures for every table to have a drawing. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Veteran Jim Williams of Cedar Rapids, left, talks with his longtime friend and fellow veteran Vic Klopfenstein of Marion during the Veterans holiday meal at Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. Williams served in the Army as a Russian linguist and Klopfenstein served in the Army as well as a stenographer. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Veteran Daniel Spahn of Cedar Rapids talks with friends during the Veterans holiday meal at Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. Spahn worked on aircraft carriers during the Vietnam war and served for six years. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Volunteer Veronica Cruse, 6, takes a moment to admire one of her drawings she made for the Veterans holiday meal at Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. Cruse drew enough pictures so that every table could have a piece of her art honoring those who served. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
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