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Army's 3rd Infantry Faces Another Hitch in Iraq

By Kathy Lohr

Published December 21, 2006 at 1:00 PM PST

This story was published more than 17 years ago.

Sgt. 1st Class Bart Owen will soon depart for his third deployment to Iraq. He is pictured with his wife, Jane Stetson, and 2-year-old daughter JoJo.

Early next year, the division that took Baghdad will begin a third deployment in Iraq. Soldiers and officers are finishing training and saying goodbye to their families -- again.

The 3rd Infantry Division is based at Fort Stewart, Georgia. About 4,000 soldiers are preparing to leave in mid-January. They are headed to Anbar province, one of the most dangerous areas in Iraq.

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Kathy Lohr

Whether covering the manhunt and eventual capture of Eric Robert Rudolph in the mountains of North Carolina, the remnants of the Oklahoma City federal building with its twisted metal frame and shattered glass, flood-ravaged Midwestern communities, or the terrorist bombings across the country, including the blast that exploded in Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta, correspondent Kathy Lohr has been at the heart of stories all across the nation.

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