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A vertical photo of service members leaning out a window that a welcome sign is hanging from.

(Raymond T. Conway/Stars and Stripes)

Hanau, Germany, Oct. 11, 2003: From left, Spc. Caroline Smith, Pfc. Melissa McDonald, and Pfc. Teresa Murphy peer out of a window, trying to get a glimpse of friends and family gathered to welcome the soldiers from the 565th Engineer Battalion home. The almost 200 soldiers received a rousing welcome after an eight-month deployment to Iraq and Kuwait.

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