DADDY'S HOME! After coming home from Afghanistan last night, Sgt. Luis Maceira is surrounded by his children, clockwise from left, Erika, 7, Mera, 9 and Joseph, 5. About 200 Marines and sailors from the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, returned home after about five months in Afghanistan.
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