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NEW: Trump’s parade pays tribute to the soldiers who answered the call after 9/11 🇺🇸
Here’s a look back at the longest war in U.S. history:
• On September 11, 2001, terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center in New York City and struck the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. using commercial airliners
• In response, the U.S. launched the global war on terrorism
• The U.S. would stop potential threats around the world and take the fight to terrorist groups and the nations that backed them
• On September 11, 2001, terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center in New York City and struck the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. using commercial airliners
• In response, the U.S. launched the global war on terrorism
• The U.S. would stop potential threats around the world and take the fight to terrorist groups and the nations that backed them
• The Army immediately deployed forces to Afghanistan to destroy Osama Bin Laden’s al-Qaeda terrorist organization and depose his sponsors, the ruling Taliban
• In 2003, President Bush expanded the war to Iraq
• Soldiers and other armed services overthrew Iraq’s dictator Saddam Hussein
• The fight to stabilize Iraq and prevent terrorist groups from overthrowing its new government continues to this day
• The campaign in Afghanistan lasted until 2021 when U.S. forces withdrew and the Taliban returned to power
• Over the course of the two decade conflict, over 2 million servicemen and women, less than 1 percent of the American population, deployed in support of the global war on terrorism
• Most of those who served were members of the United States Army
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