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Posted on: Sunday, December 24, 2006

Soldiers send their Christmas wishes home

Mele Kalikimaka! Share your best wishes for the holidays to our servicemembers and read what others posted

Interviews by William Cole
Advertiser Staff Writer

Three Schofield Barracks soldiers at Kirkuk Airbase were asked what they would like to say to the folks back home about being in Iraq over Christmas and New Year's.

Sgt. Cynthia Archibald, 25, from Chicago, a signals intelligence analyst with the 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion

Spc. Junior Ioane, 22, from American Samoa, a clerk with the 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion

Sgt. Kevin Purdie, 27, from Saint Pauls, N.C., who works with radios, computers and signal equipment with the 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion