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A U.S. Navy sailor holds his child for the first time after returning to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, from a six-month deployment on board the guided missile destroyer USS Russell, Sept. 5, 2006. The Russell was part of the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group.

RETURNING HOME

A U.S. Navy sailor holds his child for the first time after returning to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, from a six-month deployment on board the guided missile destroyer USS Russell, Sept. 5, 2006. The Russell was part of the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group.

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