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Tuesday, February 22, 2005 at 10:00 AM EST
An Iraq Veteran Visits Home
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When On Point contributor Sue Diaz’s son, Roman, returned home last fall, after a year and a half in Iraq, she was hopeful that his remaining two years in the Army would be served in a non-combat zone.

Then came his reassignment last month: to the 101st Airborne Division, a unit likely to be heading back to Iraq later this year. Sue Diaz recently saw her son during a short leave, as he traveled from a base in Germany to one in Kentucky.

In this radio diary, she reflects on Roman’s visit home, and what she sees in the photos he brought home from Iraq.

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Sue Diaz is a regular contributor to “On Point.” This essay first appeared in Newsweek. Sue lives in San Diego, California.

 
 

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