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Jun 20, 2008

Airport volunteers welcome troops back stateside (AP)

Returning troops from Iraq and Afghanistan are greeted upon arrival for rest and relaxation at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Grapevine, Texas, Tuesday, June 3, 2008. Every day at DFW and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, troops land on their way home for leave from overseas deployments, and every day they're greeted by flag-waving, appreciation-shouting crowds of volunteers from a program called 'Welcome Home a Hero.' (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - A few times each month, Karen Marks stands among the volunteers greeting the troops who land daily at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, all on two weeks' leave from Iraq or Afghanistan.