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A woman prepares to kiss a soldier and embraces his face with both hands.

Homecoming Kiss

A New York Army National Guardsman receives an embrace at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor, N.Y., Aug. 31, 2017, upon returning from a nine-month deployment to Kuwait and Iraq. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Davis

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