Veterans Day Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 3. A nickname for the U.S. flag
  2. 7. Location of the Twin Towers that were brought down by the 9/11 attacks.
  3. 8. The U.S. led a U.N. military force from 1950 – 1953 that drive back an invasion from communist North ________.
  4. 10. A second nickname for the U.S. flag.
  5. 11. The U.S. gained control much of the American southwest as a result of this 1848 war.
  6. 17. Song played during ceremonies honoring Veteran's
  7. 19. Another name for the 13 colonies war for indpendence in 1776.
  8. 21. The U.S. joined this war after the Japanese attack on ______.
  9. 22. The U.S. gained permanent or temporary control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippine Islands in this 1898 war.
  10. 23. In Europe, the U.S. helped ________ become a democratic capitalist country after World War II.
  11. 24. Highest military award for valor in the U.S.
  12. 25. In Asia, the U.S. occupied ________ (an Asian country) after World War II helping it become a successful democratic and capitalist country.
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  1. 1. The acronym for a psychological disorder some soldiers face after returning from war is ____.
  2. 2. The country that controlled the 13 American colonies and fought the first war against the U.S. in 1812.
  3. 4. What people often say to veterans.
  4. 5. From 1964 to 1973, the U.S. fought a war in _______ to stop the spread of communism.
  5. 6. The U.S. entered this war in 1917 because of Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare and Germany's Zimmermann Telegram.
  6. 9. Soldiers went to war in __________ just after the 9/11 attacks in 2001.
  7. 12. The month of Veteran's Day.
  8. 13. Some soldiers suffered severe physical and psychological trauma called ________ as a result of massive artillery bombardment.
  9. 14. First US War after independence
  10. 15. Name of the skyscraper built where the twin towers were located that includes the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.
  11. 16. The ________ Memorial in Arizona includes five pillars through a light shines on the Great Seal of the U.S. once a year on Veteran's Day.
  12. 17. The U.S. participated in the largest amphibious invasion in history at __________ in France on June 6, 1944.
  13. 18. The U.S. fought two wars in ______ in 1991 and 2003.
  14. 20. The original name of Veteran's Day