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Traveling residents often send mementos of a trip back home, but nothing quite like the American flag that was carried in a March 10 military operation that U.S. Army Lt. Col. Mark Jackson had delivered to his hometown.
On that day, Jackson and his 2nd Battalion, 131st Infantry Regiment took part in Task Force Blackhawk Operation Back to School, delivering school supplies to students at Al Arabi School in Iraq.
The flag, which is sealed in a case, provides a glimpse of the Middle Eastern environment, Frankfort Mayor Jim Holland said. “You can see the dust on it.”