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God Bless Our Troops
Away from Home for the Holidays


U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. David J. Overson, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

Santa Claus gives a Christmas stocking to wounded warrior Spc. Joseph Beldon at the Craig Joint Theater Hospital at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Dec. 19, 2012.

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God Bless Our Troops
Away from Home for the Holidays


US Navy Photo of the USS Coral Sea Christmas 1971

A McDonnell Douglas F-4B Phantom II of fighter squadron VF-111 Sundowners, Attack Carrier Air Wing Fifeteen (CVW-15), being launched from the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) on Christmas 1971 by a catapult officer dressed up as Santa Claus.

The Coral Sea was on a deployment to Vietnam from 12 November 1971 to 17 July 1972. The F-4B is armed with AIM-9D Sidewinder and AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air-missiles