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Hillsborough, NC
We said goodbye to our son at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and that night saw the cruise missiles strike Baghdad for the start of "Shock and Awe." Day after day we heard the reports of soldiers being killed. Hoping that our son hadn't died wasn't an option, because that would be wishing the death onto another family. All we could do was hold hands with military families and grieve together. Each soldier who dies is our son or daughter.
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