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In This War, Troops Get A Rousing Welcome Home
But these days, Gindhart discovered, a soldier's homecoming isn't always that simple. To his surprise, there was a troop of motorcycle-riding Vietnam vets to greet him at the airport; a police-escorted motorcade, past blocked-off intersections and highway entrances, that backed up traffic for miles; an appearance at a support-the-troops rally; a gathering of neighbors and friends, alerted by fire and ambulance sirens, outside his family's house. And the biggest shock of all a reunion with a disabled comrade whose life he'd helped save in Iraq. 'Wow! I thought I was just gonna come home,' the startled private told the crowd that spilled across his lawn and into the street on Father's Day. 'I didn't expect anything like this!' Posted by: lotp 2008-07-03 |
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