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Article: Postal care Packages keep soldiers home while away from home

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This photo of wife and husband, Lt. Kristine Conner Erickson and Lt. Donald B. Erickson, was taken in Baghdad around November 2003. Sgt. Brian Talarico stands in front of the ball field he and some other soldiers built in Iraq to remind themselves of home. Afghanistan children love to follow soldiers around and enjoy the gifts soldiers give them from their care packages. Sgt. 1st Class Michael Day poses with two children in Kabul.

Like a field of dreams, somewhere just 45 minutes from Bagdad, stands Wrigley Field. Actually, it is "Three King's Whiffle Ball Stadium," but it was modeled after Wrigley Field. This piece of Americana, this symbol of Chicago, was planted in the sand in Balad, ...

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