IRAQ: War as a family affair, part 4

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Marine Lance Cpl. Ruth Anderson knew weeks in advance that her unit at Miramar Marine Corps Air Station in San Diego was deploying to Iraq. It was a daily topic of discussion with her mother, Kymber Anderson, a civilian employee at the base.

Now the daughter is stationed at Al Asad and the mother is working at the PX at Camp Fallouja. The latter volunteered for the duty.

‘It just evolved,’ said Kymber Anderson. ‘Finally I just said: ‘If you’re going, I’m going.’’

— Tony Perry, at Camp Fallouja