WELCOME HOME THE 56TH BRIGADE FROM FT HOOD AT BAYLOR UNIVERISTY FOOTBALL STADIUM IN WACO, TEXAS.
Texas Governor Rick Perry bows his head in prayer during welcoming home ceremony for Texas National Guardsmen at Baylor University Stadium in Waco, Texas on December 10, 2005. About 3000 troops of the 56th Military Brigade stationed at Ft. Hood, Texas were returning home from Iraq after a year in the war theater. (UPI Photo/Ron Russek)
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