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Holy Redeemer students talk Nov. 10 with Maj. Ken Hutnick of Alpharetta. Hutnick currently serves in the Georgia National Guard and he was last year’s guest speaker for the Alpharetta school’s Veterans Day program. This year the keynote speaker was Lt. Col. Raquel Durden of the Georgia Army National Guard. (Photos by Michael Alexander)

Carol Anderson Kler is a 1989 graduate of West Point. The U.S. Army captain was deployed during Operation Desert Storm in 1991. Today she serves as a second-grade teacher’s assistant at Holy Redeemer School, Alpharetta. The school’s Veterans Day program paid special tribute to women in the military.

Msgr. Hugh Marren, pastor of St. Andrew Church, Roswell, second row, left center, poses for a photo with some of the parish’s veterans attending a Nov. 8 Veterans Day Mass.

(L-r) U.S. Navy veteran Bill Caiazza, Army Engineer Corps veteran David Boucher and Air Force serviceman Mark Richey, a C-130 pilot with the Maryland Air National Guard, Baltimore, Md., watch as the Blessed Trinity High School Band performs “The Eternal Light.” The event took place at Holy Redeemer School.

St. Andrew Church choir member Jeff Nielsen plays taps in remembrance of fallen veterans. Nielsen is a U.S. Air Force veteran.

Philip Cote Sr., in wheelchair, attends St. Andrew Church Veterans Day Mass with his son Philip Jr. Philip Sr. was a master sergeant in the U.S. Army from 1933-1958. Philip Jr. served in the U.S. Navy from 1968-1972.