Mangulzai, Afghanistan -- As Americans turn off the lights in their homes Thursday after a day of celebration, a group of U.S. Marines and their families will just be starting theirs.
The first units of 1st Battalion, 5th Marines are scheduled to land in California Thursday night after nearly seven months in Afghanistan.
With the joy of reunion will be the satisfaction of knowing they made a difference, no little matter in a war in which skirmishes substitute for decisive battles and in which “progress” in winning over the local population is measured in small
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