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    John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
    (Clockwise starting center top) Non-active Marines Hal Deschamps (gray tee shirt), Andy King, Ed Fey 9red hat), Bruce Carter, Howard Thacker (green vest), Larry Sloop, and Tom Ferguson (red tee shirt). A group of non-active Marines who work with the Salvation Army as disaster responders, provide security for the Christmas Bureau and sometimes cook up a good meal were behind the grill on Saturday December 1, 2012 as they prepared hamburgers, beans etc for a group of motorcyclists dropping off donations to bureau. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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    John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
    Ed Fey (foreground), a former Marine corporal, moves boxes of food as he and others prepare to cook a serve a meal Saturday. A group of non-active Marines who work with the Salvation Army as disaster responders, provide security for the Christmas Bureau and sometimes cook up a good meal were behind the grill on Saturday December 1, 2012 as they prepared hamburgers, beans etc for a group of motorcyclists dropping off donations to bureau. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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    John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
    Larry Sloop, a former Marine sergeant, places the Marine Corps Disaster Relief Unit flag onto the team's gas cooker Saturday. A group of non-active Marines who work with the Salvation Army as disaster responders, provide security for the Christmas Bureau and sometimes cook up a good meal were behind the grill on Saturday December 1, 2012 as they prepared hamburgers, beans etc for a group of motorcyclists dropping off donations to bureau. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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    John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
    (from left) Tom Ferguson and Larry Sloop unload cans of beans prior to cooking with the help of Hal Deschamps and Ed Fey Saturday. A group of non-active Marines who work with the Salvation Army as disaster responders, provide security for the Christmas Bureau and sometimes cook up a good meal were behind the grill on Saturday December 1, 2012 as they prepared hamburgers, beans etc for a group of motorcyclists dropping off donations to bureau. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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    John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
    Howard Thacker, a former Marine corporal, helped cook Saturday at the Salvation Army's Christmas Bureau. A group of non-active Marines who work with the Salvation Army as disaster responders, provide security for the Christmas Bureau and sometimes cook up a good meal were behind the grill on Saturday December 1, 2012 as they prepared hamburgers, beans etc for a group of motorcyclists dropping off donations to bureau. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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    John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
    Andy King, a former Marine corporal rolls one of the Marine Corps Disaster Relief Unit's cookers into place before cooking started at the Salvation Army's Christmas Bureau Saturday. A group of non-active Marines who work with the Salvation Army as disaster responders, provide security for the Christmas Bureau and sometimes cook up a good meal were behind the grill on Saturday December 1, 2012 as they prepared hamburgers, beans etc for a group of motorcyclists dropping off donations to bureau. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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    John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
    (from left) Larry Sloop, Andy King, Ed Fey and other members of the Marine Corps Disaster Relief Unit sets up to cook at the Salvation Army's Christmas Bureau Saturday. A group of non-active Marines who work with the Salvation Army as disaster responders, provide security for the Christmas Bureau and sometimes cook up a good meal were behind the grill on Saturday December 1, 2012 as they prepared hamburgers, beans etc for a group of motorcyclists dropping off donations to bureau. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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