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Thanksgiving Around the War

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Some photos of Thanksgiving in Iraq and Afghanistan:

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A FEAST AWAITS
Baghdad soldiers and airmen wait in line outside the Ironhorse Oasis Dining Facility at Camp Liberty, Iraq, for their turn to eat the Thanksgiving Day feast, Nov. 27, 2008.   U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Lyndsey Dransfield.

   
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SERVING THE TROOPS
U.S. Army Col. Stephen G. Yackley helps dish out Thanksgiving dinner, Nov. 27, 2008, to the servicemembers of Camp Eggers, Kabul, Afghanistan. Yackley is deputy to the commanding general, Police Development, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan.   U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Cliff Williams. [B5 note:  Check the hat.  I've got one just like it]


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THANKSGIVING DUTY
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Joshua Toth, a heavy equipment operator in the 455th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, smooths wet concrete on Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, 2008.   U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse

   
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THANKSGIVING FEAST
U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Nick Biggs, a C-130 Hercules copilot, enjoys a Thanksgiving dinner, Nov. 27, 2008, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. A contracting company providing catering services to deployed coalition forces put extra effort into providing the time-honored feast to American servicemembers at Bagram.   U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse.

 

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