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God Bless Our Troops
Away from Home for the Holidays




U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup

15 December 2012 Service members assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah unload care packages and Christmas gifts during mail call on Forward Operating Base Farah, Afghanistan

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God Bless Our Troops
Away from Home for the Holidays





Christmas on the USS California December 1921

Admiral Edward W. Eberle, USN, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet Speaking at a Christmas party for local children held on board USS California (BB-44), off San Pedro, California, in December 1921.

USS California (BB-44), off San Pedro, California, in December 1921

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God Bless Our Troops
Away from Home for the Holidays





Christmas 1969 on the USS Saratoga
Somewhere off the Coast of South Viet Nam
Bob Hope and Miss World performed for the sailors