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Staff Sgt. Joel Dalton cradles his seven-week old daughter before boarding a plane.
National Guard Staff Sgt. Joel Dalton cradles his seven-week old daughter Camden before boarding a plane to deploy to Iraq from Pope Air Force Base, N.C., on Oct. 6, 2004. Dalton serves with the 105th Military Police Battalion, North Carolina National Guard.