Georgia vets grateful to be home for the holidays

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

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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