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  • A long road back to Giebelstadt / Families wait out brief delay to welcome 5/158 troops

    02/14/2004 7:46:11 AM PST · by Ragtime Cowgirl · 8 replies · 380+ views
    Stars & Stripes ^ | Feb. 14, 2004 | Steve Liewer, Rick Emert
    Saturday, February 14, 2004 A long road back to Giebelstadt By Steve Liewer, Stars and StripesEuropean edition, Friday, February 13, 2004 Rick Emert / S&S Spc. Pamela Smith, one of about 150 soldiers from 5th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment to return from a one-year deployment to Iraq on Wednesday. CAMP UDAIRI, Kuwait — The soldiers joked and shouted as they hustled aboard the buses in a dusty field as the sun set Tuesday in Kuwait.In less than a day, they’d finally be home. “We’re almost there,” warned their commander, Lt. Col. Eldon “Pete” Franks. “Keep your eye on the ball.”...