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    Military personnel get a chance to relax while at the USO-Charlotte Center at Charlotte Douglas International Airport on November 22, 2011. The holidays are a big time for the USO-NC, particularly at Charlotte Douglas and RDU centers, when 20,000 troops will come through in a three week-period, starting Dec. 17 on their way home and back to their bases. David T. Foster III-dtfoster@charlotteobserver.com
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    U.S. Navy E1 Stanley Michael (seated left) of Greensboro, NC, E2 Wil Reeds (center) of Atlanta, Ga, and E3 Adam Voncannon of Charlotte, NC, hang out and relax at the USO-Charlotte Center in the Charlotte Douglas International Airport on November 22, 2011. The trio are heading off to basic training. The holidays are a big time for the USO-NC, particularly at Charlotte Douglas and RDU centers, when 20,000 troops will come through in a three week-period, starting Dec. 17 on their way home and back to their bases. David T. Foster III-dtfoster@charlotteobserver.com
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    USMC Pvt. Anthony Puleo of Cleveland, OH gets an opportunity to get online while at the USO-Charlotte Center in the Charlotte Douglas International Airport on November 22, 2011. Puleo was on his way home for Thanksgiving leave. The holidays are a big time for the USO-NC, particularly at Charlotte Douglas and RDU centers, when 20,000 troops will come through in a three week-period, starting Dec. 17 on their way home and back to their bases. David T. Foster III-dtfoster@charlotteobserver.com
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    Chaplain Alice White (left) shares a bite to eat with U.S. Army SPC. Matthew McKnight of Columbia, SC in the USO-Charlotte Center in the Charlotte Douglas International Airport on November 22, 2011. The holidays are a big time for the USO-NC, particularly at Charlotte Douglas and RDU centers, when 20,000 troops will come through in a three week-period, starting Dec. 17 on their way home and back to their bases. David T. Foster III-dtfoster@charlotteobserver.com
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    U.S. Army E2 Shedric Walters of San Francisco, CA gets a snack while in the USO-Charlotte Center at Charlotte Douglas International Airport on November 22, 2011. Walters was among a group of servicemen heading off to basic training. The holidays are a big time for the USO-NC, particularly at Charlotte Douglas and RDU centers, when 20,000 troops will come through in a three week-period, starting Dec. 17 on their way home and back to their bases. David T. Foster III-dtfoster@charlotteobserver.com
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    USO-Charlotte Center volunteer Don Campbell makes and bags sandwiches at the center in the Charlotte Douglas International Airport on November 22, 2011. The holidays are a big time for the USO-NC, particularly at Charlotte Douglas and RDU centers, when 20,000 troops will come through in a three week-period, starting Dec. 17 on their way home and back to their bases. David T. Foster III-dtfoster@charlotteobserver.com
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    A detail of some of the military unit challenge coins on display in the front hall at the USO-Charlotte Center in the Charlotte Douglas International Airport on November 22, 2011. The holidays are a big time for the USO-NC, particularly at Charlotte Douglas and RDU centers, when 20,000 troops will come through in a three week-period, starting Dec. 17 on their way home and back to their bases. David T. Foster III-dtfoster@charlotteobserver.com
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    Some of the military unit challenge coins on display in the front hall at the USO-Charlotte Center in the Charlotte Douglas International Airport on November 22, 2011. The holidays are a big time for the USO-NC, particularly at Charlotte Douglas and RDU centers, when 20,000 troops will come through in a three week-period, starting Dec. 17 on their way home and back to their bases. David T. Foster III-dtfoster@charlotteobserver.com
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    USO-Charlotte Center volunteer Margaret McKinney inventories donated items near the front of the center in the Charlotte Douglas International Airport on November 22, 2011. The holidays are a big time for the USO-NC, particularly at Charlotte Douglas and RDU centers, when 20,000 troops will come through in a three week-period, starting Dec. 17 on their way home and back to their bases. David T. Foster III-dtfoster@charlotteobserver.com
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    Volunteers await military personnel to arrive in the front of the USO-Charlotte Center in the Charlotte Douglas International Airport on November 22, 2011. The holidays are a big time for the USO-NC, particularly at Charlotte Douglas and RDU centers, when 20,000 troops will come through in a three week-period, starting Dec. 17 on their way home and back to their bases. David T. Foster III-dtfoster@charlotteobserver.com
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