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Janet Langhart Cohen spends a moment visiting with six-month-old David Pacheco Jr. and his mom, Candida Pacheco at a homecoming celebration at Camp Pendleton, Calif., for Battery E, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines. Lance Cpl. David Pacheco deployed with the unit the week before his son was born. Photo by Staff Sgt. Kathleen T. Rhem, USA.

Janet Langhart Cohen spends a moment visiting with six-month-old David Pacheco Jr. and his mom, Candida Pacheco at a homecoming celebration at Camp Pendleton, Calif., for Battery E, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines. Lance Cpl. David Pacheco deployed with the unit the week before his son was born. Photo by Staff Sgt. Kathleen T. Rhem, USA.

Janet Langhart Cohen spends a moment visiting with six-month-old David Pacheco Jr. and his mom, Candida Pacheco at a homecoming celebration at Camp Pendleton, Calif., for Battery E, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines. Lance Cpl. David Pacheco deployed with the unit the week before his son was born. Photo by Staff Sgt. Kathleen T. Rhem, USA.

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