When my dad, William “Bill” Byrd, died Feb. 11, I was sitting uncomfortably strapped into a jumpseat in the rear of a C-130 flying somewhere over Iraq.

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CAMP VICTORY, BAGHDAD, Iraq – During the first five months of this deployment, I resisted the periodic urge to click my Army boot heels together three times and recreate anything akin to the ‘no place like home’ comforts I enjoy in Arkansas.

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As you read this, I am sitting comfortably at home in Maumelle trying to adjust, albeit briefly, to my life pre-Iraq deployment.

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CAMP VICTORY, BAGHDAD, Iraq – I realize that life goes on back in the states for many U.S. citizens as American soldiers continue to fight in Iraq.

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CAMP VICTORY, BAGDAD — It’s Christmas Eve here as I write this, and I thought it might be a good idea to jot down some quick notes, as it is my first Christmas spent away from home and family.

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