American Legion Legionnaires will honor their fellow veterans in a special on-the-air amateur radio tribute on Veterans Day, Friday, Nov. 11, 2016. Members of The American Legion Amateur Radio Club (TALARC) will operate on the short wave bands starting at 9 a.m. Through 4:30 p.m. EST [1400 - 2130Z], using the call sign K9TAL. Any ham radio operators who contact the station are eligible to receive an attractive full-color commemorative certificate. After working K9TAL, send a 9X12 inch self-addressed stamped envelope to The American Legion Amateur Radio Club, 700 N. Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204.
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![](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-11/1time%20the%20metal%20detector%201200.jpg?itok=LmPwsHRw "Austrian Georg Reutter brings together descendants of a captured B-17 crew from World War II in the PBS documentary "The Metal Detector." (PBS/Emily Topper)")