Turkey for the Troops

Sixty years of Thanksgivings for American soldiers abroad.

BY KEVIN BARON, J. DANA STUSTER | NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Soldiers from 1-506 Infantry Division serve a Thanksgiving meal to their fellow soldiers at their forward operating base in Paktika province along the Afghan-Pakistan border on Nov. 27, 2008.

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Kevin Baron is a national security reporter and J. Dana Stuster is a researcher for Foreign Policy.