Spotlight: Thanksgiving at War - for Soldiers at War, Comrades Are Family -- 'I Do More with These Guys Than Anyone Else'

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CAMP SPEICHER, Iraq - Sgt. Shawn Tostado, a 31-year-old member of the 44th Expeditionary Signal Battalion from Sacramento, Calif., said this was his first Thanksgiving since his mother died in August.

"This is the first holiday I've had without her. This is my extended family now," Tostado said, gesturing to his fellow soldiers at Camp Speicher in Tikrit. "I do more with these guys than anyone else."

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Spotlight: Thanksgiving at War - for Soldiers at War, Comrades Are Family -- 'I Do More with These Guys Than Anyone Else'

"I've gotta say, these deployments are harder on the family back home I think, celebrating the holidays without us. ...

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