NPR's veteran defense reporter Tom Bowman: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon Pass

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I walked past Jim Lovell's name every day of the most difficult, trying, and exhilarating 11 months of my life. Each name on every plaque was an inspiration, but Jim's especially reminded me of perseverance and determination.

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At this time of day on July 2, I’m drawn to think of the several thousand US troops spread out in an ever thinning line along Culp’s Hill, on the US right. All afternoon, units have been pulled from this position to bolster the left flank - Little Round Top, the Wheatfield, and Cemetery Ridge

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