Iraq Troops Return Home in Time for the Holidays

Iraq Troops Return Home
Ted S. Warren / AP

Greetings
U.S. Army Specialist Nicholas King greets his goddaughter Jozie Van Dyk, 5, upon his Dec. 6, 2011, return to Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington along with other soldiers who had been serving in Iraq.

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