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Oklahoma National Guard Soldiers returned home after spending 9 months in Kuwait. Here are a few images from their homecoming.

MILITARY RETURN: Jenny Kramer gets a kiss from her boyfriend Barrett Alexander as the troops return from Kuwait to Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Okla on Monday, August 10, 2009. By John Clanton, The Oklahoman ORG XMIT: KOD

TROOPS / MILITARY RETURN: Sgt. Greg Brown (left), of Norman, Okla., gets a kiss from his wife Crystal Brown while Greg's brother Sherman Brown, Jr., (background) gets a hug from his wife Ashley Brown as the troops return from Kuwait to Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Okla on Monday, August 10, 2009. By John Clanton, The Oklahoman ORG XMIT: KOD

MILITARY RETURN: Brandon Weidner, of Ponca City, gets a hug from his father Ronald Weidner while his mother Lysetta Weidner (left) and grandmother Neva McGill look on as the troops return from Kuwait to Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Okla on Monday, August 10, 2009. Brandon Weidner's younger brother was killed in a car wreck while Brandon was overseas. By John Clanton, The Oklahoman ORG XMIT: KOD

-John Clanton

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