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Toni Hopper/The Duncan Banner John Dyer Jr. and his wife, Jan, show photo albums containing nearly 100 years of memorabilia reflecting their families’ military history. The album Jan holds shows the many achievements her father, the late Maj. Richard Smith, accomplished in his 85-year life. Dyer’s album has numerous items of his family dating back to the early 1900s. His father, who was born in 1898, joined the service in 1917. The Dyers’ son, Charles, 28, is a sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. Charles and Jan were at Arlington National Cemetery a week ago for a full-military memorial service for Smith, who died in June.