HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. --   Tom Fredericks, 66th Air Base Group deputy director, speaks to retired Sgt. 1st Class Charles Pellerin, a 92-year-old WWII and Korean War veteran at the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital in Bedford, Mass., Feb. 14. The event was part of National Salute to Patients Week, a time established to encourage American citizens to visit hospitalized veterans in Department of Veterans Affairs facilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jerry Saslav)