U.S. Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Anthony Erickson got some Army buddies together while stationed in Afghanistan and posed for a snapshot with Old Glory and a blanket made with maroon and gold Minnesota Gopher insignias.

The staff sergeant then urged his dad, Vietnam veteran and Coon Rapids resident Steve Erickson, to enter the photo in a Veterans Day photo contest sponsored by the University of Minnesota.

  

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