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Daddy's home from war - An airman with the 1st Tactical Fighter Wing gets a big hug from his family, right, upon returning home to Langley Air Force Base, Va.; and Spc. Dave Bell, below, kisses his 5month-old son, Dave Jr., for the first time after arriving at Fort Stewart, Ga., with the 24th Mechanized Infantry Division. The tide of returning troops began flowing toward the United States on Friday, when some 4,000 U.S. soldiers headed home to bases in Texas, California, Maine, North Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Louisiana.

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