JUSTIN MERRIMAN

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Armed Forces Salute



TOP: Cindy Bakow holds a photo of her son, Sgt. Justin Bakow, who recently returned from a deployment in Afghanistan, during "An Armed Forces Salute & Concert" at North Allegheny Senior High School on Sunday, May 16, 2010. BOTTOM: Jessica Lynch speaks during "An Armed Forces Salute and Concert," an event that helped to raise money for the Fisher House Foundation, which provides housing to families of hospitalized service members. Lynch, was taken captive during the first days of the Iraq war and became the first American prisoner of war to be rescued since World War II.