For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
December 24, 2004

President Bush Makes Christmas Eve Telephone Calls to Members of the Armed Forces
Camp David

Private First Class Kenneth L. Vest, USA, United Nations Command Security Battalion, Camp Bonifas, Korea

Staff Sergeant Eric A. Julian, USA, 300th Area Support Group/736th Transportation Company, Talill, Iraq

Corporal Robert Restaino Jr., USMC, Reconnaissance Platoon, 24 Marine Expeditionary Unit, Special Operations Capable, II Marine Expeditionary Force, U. S. Marine Corps Forces Atlantic

Corporal Malcolm N. Hedgepeth, USMC, HQ Battery, 2d Battalion 10th Marines (Provisional Infantry Battalion), Iraq

Hospitalman Roman R. Cruz, USN, Bravo Surgical Company, Combat Service Support Group 15, Camp Fallujah, Iraq

Petty Officer First Class Michael D. Watts, USN, Hospital Corpsman (SEAL), SEAL Team Three, Naval Special Warfare Task Group, Iraq

Staff Sergeant Santiago James Fontanez, USAF, Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Baghdad, Iraq

Airman First Class, Benjamin J. Miller, USAF, 16th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida, Deployed to Iraq

Fireman Michael M. Joseph, USCG, USCG Loran Station Attu, Alaska

Petty Officer Third Class Melissa M. Johnson, USCG, United States Coast Guard Cutter, MUNRO Homeport, Alameda, CA

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