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A military mom waits to greet Laura Bush with a special message during Mrs. Bush's visit to Ft. Jackson, South Carolina Tuesday, May 8, 2001. "President Bush also joins me in saying 'thank you' to our nation's military personnel for your service. We deeply appreciate the sacrifices you make for our nation...and the pride and honor you bring to our Armed Services," Mrs. Bush said during a Troop to Teachers rally.
A military mom waits to greet Laura Bush with a special message during Mrs. Bush's visit to Ft. Jackson, South Carolina Tuesday, May 8, 2001. "President Bush also joins me in saying 'thank you' to our nation's military personnel for your service. We deeply appreciate the sacrifices you make for our nation...and the pride and honor you bring to our Armed Services," Mrs. Bush said during a Troop to Teachers rally.
 
Laura Bush talks with members of the 101st Airborne at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Known as "The Screaming Eagles," this airborne division took part in the largest airborne assault of World War II and also served in Vietnam. Surrounded by the soldiers, Mrs. Bush shares a turkey dinner with them Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2001. A military mom waits to greet Laura Bush with a special message during Mrs. Bush's visit to Ft. Jackson, South Carolina Tuesday, May 8, 2001. "President Bush also joins me in saying 'thank you' to our nation's military personnel for your service. We deeply appreciate the sacrifices you make for our nation...and the pride and honor you bring to our Armed Services," Mrs. Bush said during a Troop to Teachers rally.
Laura Bush is saluted by Capt. Bob Liggett, right, as she boards the USS Shiloh stationed in San Diego Friday, March 23, 2001. President George W. Bush and Laura Bush greet American troops at Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo Saturday, July 24, 2001.
Audience members listen to a speech by Laura Bush praising the sacrifice and hard work of the U.S. military and their families Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005 at Ramstein Air Base in Ramstein, Germany. Laura Bush addresses U.S. soldiers and their spouses at Ramstein Airbase in Ramstein, Germany, Feb. 22, 2005.
Laura Bush delivers remarks to U.S. soldiers and spouses during a visit to Ramstein Air Base Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005 in Ramstein, Germany. Mrs. Bush thanked U.S. servicemen and women and the families that support them for their bravery and sacrifice. Laura Bush thanks the men and women of the United States Military and the National Guard and Reserves for their service to our Nation during her remarks in Winter Haven, Fla., Saturday, May 1, 2004 "You are the face of American compassion abroad. You will have a greater impact than you can ever imagine on people that you will only know for a brief time. But you have delivered the greatest gift they will ever know -- you've sacrificed your own comfort, your own safety, and your own lives so that others might know freedom."
Laura Bush visits with military wives at the Fort Hood Women's Conference in Fort Hood, Texas, Friday, March 5, 2004. "Today, we celebrate you, the women in the United States military who are married to military officers or enlisted men, or who are military women, themselves. And we celebrate all that you do to make our military the strongest in the world," said Mrs Bush in her remarks to the conference. Mrs. Bush talks with teachers at Pinckney Elementary School in Columbia, South Carolina during a visit to Fort Jackson for a Troops to Teachers rally May 8, 2001.

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