GIs in Iraq Find Christmas in MemoriesDecember 25, 2008
Associated Press
BAGHDAD - Army Sgt. Robin Cameron stood guard outside the gate to a once opulent Iraqi shopping mall that now serves as a small U.S. military outpost trying not to think about what he was missing with his family on Christmas.
"It's just another day in Iraq," he said, waving through a convoy of armored vehicles heading out to patrol Baghdad's Mansur neighborhood, an area once home to Saddam Hussein's favored officers that later became an insurgent stronghold known for its deadly attacks on American troops.
On Christmas Day, there were about 146,000 U.S. troops serving in Iraq, and on large bases and small outposts across the country, the holiday was marked by Americans with special meals and chapel services.
At Forward Operating Base Prosperity, in the heart of Baghdad, Capt. Jonathan Hilton took a moment Thursday to think about his family.
"I miss my family. This is my second Christmas here," said Hilton, of Orlando, Florida. "We are close to going home and they are doing a great job of taking care of soldiers and letting us experience Christmas as best they can."
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