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Rakan's war

At homecoming, a gift elicits wonder

By Kevin Cullen
Globe Staff / March 1, 2006

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(Last of four parts) A half-hour before the C-17 jet was to touch down in Iraq, the Mississippi Air National Guard crew strapped on body armor and then moved to help Rakan Hassan, the boy they were flying home, put on his. (Full article: 2624 words)

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