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Georgia vets grateful to be home for the holidays

Noel (left) and Mary Ann Rivest, Jonathan Brewer’s sister and mother, hold signs and wear T-shirts welcoming the airman home for the holidays. DAN KLEPAL / DKLEPAL@AJC.COM
Noel (left) and Mary Ann Rivest, Jonathan Brewer’s sister and mother, hold signs and wear T-shirts welcoming the airman home for the holidays. DAN KLEPAL / DKLEPAL@AJC.COM
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Dec 24, 2015

Georgia veterans are streaming through Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport to be home for Christmas.

The Christmas holiday is one of the busiest for the Atlanta airport, with 80,000 expected to pass through security check points on Sunday.

ExploreUSO volunteers were on hand to give a warm welcome to Georgia veterans, along with many Georgia families.

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Dan Klepal is editor of the local government team, supervising nine reporters covering county and municipal governments and metro Atlanta. Klepal came to the AJC in 2012, after a long career covering city halls in Cincinnati and Louisville, Ky. He has covered Gwinnett and Cobb counties before spending three years on the investigative team.

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