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About 120 soldiers from the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Division stood in formation during yesterday's welcome-home ceremony at Wheeler Army Airfield in Wahiawa.

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Sgt. Charles Hellam received a lei from wife Claire, holding their 1-year-old daughter, Leinani, middle.

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Malia Hellam, 4, waited anxiously yesterday for her father, Sgt. Charles Hellam, during the ceremony.

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Signs greeting the troops were displayed at the ceremony. The group of returning soldiers were from the 209th Aviation Support Battalion; 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment; 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment; 25th Infantry Division's Tropic Lightning Band; and the 25th Special Troops Battalion Advance Party.