GREENVILLE, Pa. – On Nov. 12 in honor of Veteran’s Day, Thiel College raised a U.S. flag, which was originally flown in Iraq, over campus. The flag was displayed over one of Saddam Hussein’s palaces on Veteran’s Day 2005. It was a gift from one of the U.S. soldiers occupying the palace, William Thiel Jr.

Pictured from left to right: President Robert C. Olson ’60, Director of Public Safety Don Aubrecht and Public Safety Officer Tom Jones of Thiel College raise a U.S. flag on campus in honor of Veteran’s Day.

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