Charles Hadlock of NBC News reports that volunteers have welcomed home soldiers in Dallas from each of the 2,700 chartered R&R flights since the very first one on Nov. 2, 2003:
Sgt. Hank Slaughter, 47, who returned from Kuwait earlier this month after serving in Iraq, smiled and shook hands with each of the 50 strangers who had come to greet his flight. “This is great. This is definitely more than I expected to see,” said Slaughter. When Slaughter mentioned that he didn’t have a ride to his home, volunteer Pat Brown, 80, offered to take him. “He’s from Fort Worth and I’m from Fort Worth, so I’m going to take him home,” Brown said, laughing.
