[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, fellas, for the beautiful flower arrangement this fine day.

[Kathy in Alaska]

FIREWORKS — A British C-130J aircraft launches a display of flare countermeasures just prior to being the first coalition aircraft to land on the newly reopened military runway at Baghdad International Airport, July 1, 2003. Coalition aircraft bombed the runway during the war. Thanks to the help of the U.S. Air Force 1st Expeditionary Red Horse Group and the 447th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron, the runway is once again operational. The British aircraft was delivering cargo and passengers to Baghdad in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Robert R. Hargreaves Jr

[Kathy in Alaska]

HIGHLANDS, New Jersey (July 1, 2003)--Boatswain Mate 3rd Class John Savastano celebrates his return home with his one-year-old son Joshua while his wife Irene looks on. Savastano is assigned to the Coast Gaurd Cutter BainBridge Island, homeported in Highlands NJ., which was assigned to the Mediterranean Sea in support of the war on terrorism. USCG photo by PA1 Tom Sperduto