Iraq Troops Return Home in Time for the Holidays
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Goodbye Gun
U.S. Army Sergeant Marshay Harper of the 47th Combat Support Hospital, 62nd Medical Brigade, turns in his weapon at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington on Dec. 6, 2011.
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