Today, November 11, is Veteran's Day in the United States. Originally known as Armistice Day, the date commemorates the end of the Great War – a conflict that acquired a number once the world learned that the "war to end all wars" was but an opening act. World War II, a longer and even bloodier conflict, followed World War I all too soon. Once again, military engineers heard the call of duty.

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