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A US Army soldier from 1-506 Infantry Division decorates his company dining hall with paper turkeys the night before the US holiday of Thanksgiving, at a forward operating base in Paktika province along the Afghan-Pakistan border on November 26, 2008.
Friday, Nov. 28, 2008

Open quoteThis is the fifth time I've been away from home for Thanksgiving.Close quote

  • SCOTT WHALLEY,
  • a 30-year-old staff sergeant from Utah, on spending the American holiday in Afghanistan again this year
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