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Army Staff Sgt. Michael Bernquist holds his arms out for his daughter Evelyn, center, during a welcome home ceremony on Fort Bragg, N.C., Nov. 4, 2011. Bernquist is assigned to the XVIII Airborne Corps and just returned from a 12-month deployment in Iraq.

DADDY'S HOME

Army Staff Sgt. Michael Bernquist holds his arms out for his daughter Evelyn, center, during a welcome home ceremony on Fort Bragg, N.C., Nov. 4, 2011. Bernquist is assigned to the XVIII Airborne Corps and just returned from a 12-month deployment in Iraq.

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