In Pictures: Memorial Day honours US servicemen

Memorial Day, which falls on May 29 this year, honours the men and women who have lost their lives while serving in the US military.

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May 30, 2017, 12:27 PM

Members of the US Civil Air Patrol marching at the Memorial Day parade route on Monday (May 29), where thousands lined Constitution Avenue in Washington to watch the annual parade. PHOTO: WASHINGTON POST

World War II veterans and Pearl Harbor survivors John Seelie (left), 95, and Armando "Chick" Gallela, 93, attending an annual Memorial Day commemoration ceremony at the Intrepid museum in New York on Monday (May 29). PHOTO: REUTERS

US President Donald Trump and Vice-President Mike Pence at the Arlington National Cemetery on Monday (May 29) in observance of Memorial Day. With them was Christian Jacobs, six, whose father, US Marine Corps Sergeant Christopher James Jacobs died during a training exercise in 2011. PHOTO: WASHINGTON POST

US Marine and Iraqi war veteran Croft Young and his daughter Evelyn, three, at the gravesites of US Military veterans on Memorial Day at the Cypress Hills National Cemetery in Brooklyn. PHOTO: EPA

Mr Larry Mace visiting the grave of his son, US Army Specialist Stephan Mace, at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday (May 29). The section the specialist is in is the burial ground where military personnel killed in the global war on terror since 2001 are interred. EPA

Players in the US Major League Baseball teams wearing special uniforms to commemorate Memorial Day. San Diego Padres defeated the Chicago Cubs 5-2 in a game in San Diego, California, on Monday (May 29). PHOTO: AFP

Members of the US Army at an annual Memorial Day commemoration ceremony at the Intrepid museum in New York on Monday (May 29). PHOTO: REUTERS

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