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The son of a sailor waves an American flag to welcome home his father stationed aboard the guided missile destroyer USS O'Kane (DDG 77) as the ship returns to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, from a six-month deployment on July 29, 2005. O'Kane was deployed as part of the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Carrier Strike Group in support of the war on terror.

The son of a sailor waves an American flag to welcome home his father.

The son of a sailor waves an American flag to welcome home his father stationed aboard the guided missile destroyer USS O'Kane (DDG 77) as the ship returns to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, from a six-month deployment on July 29, 2005. O'Kane was deployed as part of the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Carrier Strike Group in support of the war on terror.

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