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Until every one comes home | The Magazine of the USO
September 1, 2009
Operation Proper Exit: Iraq, July 2009
Six wounded warriors returned to Iraq this summer to answer a
question. This first of its kind healing experience made finding
those answers possible through the support of the Troops First
Foundation and the USO. Operation Proper Exit: Iraq, July 2009. 
Sergeant Brandon Deaton
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Today's Photo
Army Sergeant Zach Smola, rear door gunner on a CH-47, keeps watch last week on the mountains in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Army photo by Sergeant Jessi Ann McCormick
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