Troops have Thanksgiving Day Parade in Afghanistan

Thanksgiving 2011: Troops in Afghanistan chow down

U.S. Army cooks at the Panjwai district center in Afghanistan cook up a Thanksgiving feast for the troops.

By MARTIN KUZ
Stars and Stripes
Published: November 24, 2011

GOSHTA, Afghanistan — Forget the Macy’s parade in New York City. On Thursday morning, soldiers at Combat Outpost Garcia in Nangarhar province may have held Afghanistan’s first-ever Thanksgiving Day parade.

It was, admittedly, a modest affair: a total of four hand-built floats, including a Sherman tank commanded by a Cartman doll. But for troops with Company D of the 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, the event brought a dash of holiday cheer to a war zone.

“It’s just a little something to make you think of home,” said Pfc. Cuyler Slocum, 23, of Warsaw, N.Y., who had suggested the idea of a parade to the company’s command staff a couple of weeks ago.
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