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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Anthony Cathcart holds his daughter after arriving at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., July 29, 2008. Cathcart is one of 309 airmen returning home from a six-month deployment to Southwest Asia and is an aerospace maintenance journeyman assigned to the 28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron.

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Anthony Cathcart holds his daughter after arriving at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., July 29, 2008. Cathcart is one of 309 airmen returning home from a six-month deployment to Southwest Asia and is an aerospace maintenance journeyman assigned to the 28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron.

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