Transcript: For Marine's Wife, A Tough Deployment At Home

MELISSA BLOCK
NPR All Things Considered
11-12-2009
For Marine's Wife, A Tough Deployment At Home

Host: MELISSA BLOCK
Time 20:00-21:00 PM


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This year, we've been following the Marines of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Regiment, as they patrol one of the most dangerous parts of Afghanistan. They left for Afghanistan in May and they're nearing the end of their deployment. For the family of Sergeant Thomas Joiner, the Marines can't come home soon enough.

Catherine Welch, of member station WHQR, spent time with Thomas Joiner's wife at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

CATHERINE WELCH: As Charmaine Joiner's husband packed for his deployment last May, she slipped two things into ...

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