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Community members, students and fellow veterans give a standing ovation to U.S. Marine Corps veteran Ramsey Smith after his talk during the Veterans Day observance in the Ralph Tate Memorial Gymnasium at Libby High School Monday. Smith gave a frank recollection of growing up with his brother, Raleigh, in Troy, of their enlistment in the Marines around the same time, and the mental and emotional scars he carries from his own service and from the death of his brother in Fallujah, Iraq. He told the audience that being asked if he ever killed someone or to tell stories of his time overseas is painful, but that the gratitude shown when people thank service members for their service makes it worth the sacrifices made. (Ben Kibbey/The Western News)

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