Army Staff Sgt. John Cudney embraces his daughter Joannie Thilman at the Wyoming Vietnam Veterans "Welcome Home" Reunion at the Casper Events Center in Casper, Wyo., today. Cudney, who now lives in Sheridan, Wyo., volunteered to serve in Vietnam in 1972 and retired from military service in 2003. About 750 veterans and family are expected to attend the reunion, which marks 40 years since the end of the Vietnam war. (AP Photo/Dan Cepeda, Casper Star-Tribune)

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