Soldiers in Afghanistan enjoy turkeys they raised

Friday, November 27, 2009

BARAKI-BARAK, Afghanistan -- As daylight faded and the winter cold set in, soldiers huddled inside a crude wooden hut to eat Thanksgiving turkeys the unit itself had fattened and to give thanks for having survived a year of combat in Afghanistan.

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