Soldier in Afghanistan finds unique way to celebrate the Fourth

By: Greg Bischof - Texarkana Gazette -

Published: 07/04/2009

Dillard Baker raises the U.S. flag he recently received from his son, who is currently serving as an U.S. Air Force medic in Afghanistan.

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Even though U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Kyle Baker could not be home for the Fourth of July, he found a unique way of sending his thoughts home for the nation’s 233rd birthday today.

Baker, a former Hooks, Texas, resident, is now stationed near Jalalabad, Afghanistan. He recently sent a United States flag to his parents, Dillard and Phyllis Baker, who still live Hooks.

Baker, 34, is about 12,500 miles from home serving as a medic as part of the 21st Medical Operations Squadron, based out of the Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado. Apparently, he wanted his parents to have...

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