{"id":703,"date":"2021-11-11T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alumni-association\/?p=703"},"modified":"2022-01-31T10:54:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T16:54:36","slug":"happy-veterans-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alumni-association\/happy-veterans-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Veterans Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>The UNMC Alumni Association recognizes the service and sacrifice our Veterans, service members and their families have given. On this Veterans Day (and everyday), we thank you for your service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To recognize this important day, we spoke with three military-connected members of the UNMC community. In this video, alumni Peter W. 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