Children wait for loved ones in Army Reserve Company 257 to arrive at Nellis Air Force Base on March 25. The soldiers retured home after a year spent moving tanks, bulldozers and supplies across the Iraqi desert as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Photo by Christine H. Wetzel.
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Wednesday, April 07, 2004
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM: Finally back home
The excitement was palpable in Nellis Air Force Base's Hangar 57. Hundreds of wives, husbands, parents and children, clutching American flags and homemade "Welcome home" signs, gathered there the morning of March 25 to await the arrival of their loved ones, soldiers finally returning home after a year moving tanks, bulldozers and supplies across the Iraqi desert as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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