Minnesota in Photos: Serving Our Troops

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Holding her 3-month old daughter Chloe Olson, Heather Olson of Big Lake, Minn. jokes with her son Caleb Olson, 3, during a Serving Our Troops dinner for service members in Kuwait and their families at the Saint Paul RiverCentre in St. Paul, Minn. Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012. Heather's husband and her childrens' father is a Blackhawk helicopter pilot serving in Kuwait.
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Approximately 2,500 families of military servicemen and women serving in Kuwait attend a Serving Our Troops dinner at the Saint Paul RiverCentre in St. Paul, Minn. Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012.

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