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Alanna Nolte, 8, holds a pillow picturing her father Marine Sgt. Nicholas Nolte, with her mother, Melina, at their home in Havelock, N.C., near Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Sept. 17, 2009. Nicholas died Nov. 24, 2004, from wounds suffered during combat operations in Iraq. Melina, a native of upstate New York, decided to raise their daughter where the family was last stationed.

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Alanna Nolte, 8, holds a pillow picturing her father Marine Sgt. Nicholas Nolte, with her mother, Melina, at their home in Havelock, N.C., near Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Sept. 17, 2009. Nicholas died Nov. 24, 2004, from wounds suffered during combat operations in Iraq. Melina, a native of upstate New York, decided to raise their daughter where the family was last stationed.

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