Paloma Faircloth, left, hugged her husband, Cpl. Matthew Faircloth, yesterday after he landed at Kaneohe Marine Base. Faircloth was among 100 Marines and sailors attached to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, who returned from a seven-month tour in Iraq. Jessica Ponce, with camera, was meeting her brother Juan Ponce with her sister-in-law Elizabeth, right.
A tour helicopter made a hard landing several miles uphill from the Hilo Medical Center yesterday afternoon, causing moderate injuries to the pilot and passengers
