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Saying Farewell
 US Marine Ssgt Jose Salazar gets a goodbye kiss from his seven-year-old daughter Brittany before he departed on the USS Tarawa along with 4,000 other marines and sailors from the San Diego Naval Station on January 6, 2002. The USS Tarawa, USS Duluth, and USS Rushmore are embarking on a regularly scheduled six-month tour that will take them to the Arabian Gulf as well as to the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific. REUTERS/Fred Greaves  Lance Cpl. John Sanger, of Cincinnati, Ohio, gets his last visit with his wife, Ange, before leaving aboard the USS Tarawa for deployment Monday, Jan. 6, 2003, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)  AE1 Daniel Zepeda, bottom right, says goodbye to his daughter, Malia, 3, as his son, Dylen, 8, top left, is comforted by his mother, Dymel, as he wipes his eyes prior to Zepeda's departure aboard the USS Tarawa Monday, Jan. 6, 2003, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)  Staff Sgt. Scott Berrier, Force Protection with the 621 Air Mobility Operations Group, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, says farewell to family members prior to deploying in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2003, at McGuire Air Force Base, N.J. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Scott H. Spitzer)
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