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By Teresa Roth U.S. Army veteran Jeremy Archer speaks during Forest City’s Veterans Day program last Tuesday at the Boman Fine Arts Center. Jeremy Archer delivered the Veterans Day address during the program held at the Boman Fine Arts Center in Forest City on Tuesday, Nov. 11. Archer served in the US Army from 1999 to 2013. He was deployed to Iraq three times totaling 3 1\/2 years in the…<\/p>\n

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