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Viera Elementary School hosted its annual "Take a Vet to School Day" event with approximately 1,500 participants.

The event, started 19 years ago, connects students with veterans through patriotic songs, a parade, and various activities.

Veterans in attendance shared their experiences, hoping to teach students about history and inspire them.

For Edward Chunchick, just a single word brings back a flood of memories.

As he sat outside Viera Elementary School with his wife, Marie, on Nov. 7, dressed in a green " " T-shirt, he recalled the Christmas he spent in Vietnam in 1966, piloting an F-4 Phantom with the U.S. Marines. Helicopters flew overhead, Christmas carols were sung and everyone was drenched in rain, he said.

"There was all this concern of there being a snea

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