Article: U.S. MARINES CELEBRATE EASTER SUNDAY IN IRAQ'S AL ANBAR PROVINCE

The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story:

Half a world away from families and friends back in the United States, thousands of U.S. Marines, sailors and other servicemembers spent Easter Sunday in a combat zone here.

At this airbase in Iraq's western Al Anbar Province, church services on the holiday which celebrates Christ's resurrection served as a small break from daily operations and seven-day work weeks for U.S. servicemembers here.

For Christians, Easter Sunday is a chance to "renew baptismal promises," according to Lt. Cmdr. John T. Hannigan, a Catholic Priest and military chaplain for Regimental Combat Team 7 here.

Though liturgy is celebrated the same here as ...

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