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letter, and see more information, click link below each letter. Dear Family and Friends, Last night I was witness to a true miracle. Around 10 p.m., a B-1 bomber with a crew of four went down about 100 miles north of Diego Garcia. One of the pilots was talking on his radio from a survival raft, so we knew that at least one had survived. It took us about an hour to race north as close as we could get to the crash site. They had gone down over a shallow bank, so our ship had to stand off about seven miles away. 
Command Master Chief (SW/AW) J.D. McKinney III, was just getting settled into a new house with his wife and children when the call to action came. He had just been transferred Sept. 7 to Norfolk from the Chicago area and shipped out on the guided missile destroyer Oscar Austin. Dear Charla, I know this deployment is a sad occasion, but I remember how we felt on 9/11 and how those events drew us closer together. It sure makes you appreciate family much more.
Navy Lt. Cauldon Dean Quinn lives with his wife, Tabby, in the San Diego area, where he is a supply officer assigned to VS-41, an air training squadron at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif. Quinn volunteered Oct. 7 for duty with Task Force 58 in Afghanistan. Tabby, How goes it? How are the dogs? How is your mother? I hope the two of you are not too depressed about Christmas just not being Christmas this year. All this means is that we will have to go all out next year. We will be the MOST festive house on the block next year.
 Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Shadid White of Fleet Marine Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, based at Camp Lejeune, N.C., writes from Kandahar, Afghanistan, to his wife, Tanya, in New Bern, N.C.Dear Tanya, I thank you for being there during every step of my journey. At times in this walk I felt it was you who did most of the carrying.
 Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Chris Ebert, Fleet Marine Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, based at Camp Lejeune, N.C., writes from Kandahar, Afghanistan, to his wife, Roni, in Jacksonville, N.C. Dear Roni, It has been your support and caring ways that not only strengthen me, but make me proud and honored to be your husband.
 Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Michael Foust, Fleet Marine Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, based at Camp Lejeune, N.C., writes from Kandahar, Afghanistan, to his wife, Oanh, in Palmetto, Fla.Dear Oanh, I may have missed the holidays, but I know being here has helped preserve our freedom for the future. One day Matthew will understand what all of us have done and will maybe someday follow in my footsteps.
Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Kennedy McGruder deployed for Operation Enduring Freedom with the Fleet Marine Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, out of Camp Lejeune, N.C. McGruder is originally from Atlanta, and his mother, Lucille, still lives there. Dear Mom, Thank you for being there for me. Thank you for your prayers and unconditional love that you have given me.
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Lt. j.g. David Hardy, a damage-control and small-boats officer on the guided missile destroyer Russell, was among the Navy personnel who rescued the crew of an Air Force B-1 bomber that developed equipment problems and ditched in the Indian Ocean on the night of Dec. 12. Hardy is one of eight children, all of whom graduated from Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington, Va. His parents, Richard and Marianne, live in Falls Church, Va.
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