It's been a long, scarring year for the soldiers of the Army Reserve's 724th Transportation Company, but they are finally coming home from Iraq. Their families are busy making plans for a welcome-home bash at the end of the month. They've booked the Blossom banquet room at the Cranberry Lodge near the unit's Wisconsin base. Buffalo wings and pizza will be the featured fare, at the soldiers' request. It will be the last chance for the reservists to celebrate their safe return together before they disperse to pick up their civilian lives.
One member of the 160-strong company, however, will be...