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From Atherton to Afghanistan

Original post made on Feb 20, 2010

First Lt. Peter Dixon of Atherton is sitting in the front room of a building made of mud in a town in the southern Afghanistan province of Farah, surrounded by a group of town elders — "gray beards," as he affectionately calls them.

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Posted by David Yorck
a resident of another community
on Feb 20, 2010 at 4:30 pm

Lt Peter Dixon USMC did a great job. He had one your in Afghanistan and one in Iraq. Peter's father served in the U.S. Navy, as an officer during the Vietnam war.

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