Thanksgiving at war
Soldiers have long found ways to savor a taste of the American holiday while serving overseas


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(Image credit: U.S. troops in Westminster Cathedral, London, during a Thanksgiving service.)

(Image credit: Two American airmen wait on their young British guests during a Thanksgiving party, which U.S. troops threw for 200 children at the American headquarters in London.)

(Image credit: Two U.S. soldiers have their Thanksgiving meal in the ruins of a German frontier town.)

(Image credit: A U.S. soldier shows off two turkeys that will be prepared for Thanksgiving lunch in Italy.)

(Image credit: Two U.S. soldiers enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving dinner at Point Salines, Grenada, where more than 1,000 pounds of turkey was served to the more than 2,000 troops stationed on the island.)

(Image credit: U.S. soldiers serving in the NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo cheer for TV cameras in the U.S. military base Camp Bondsteel in Eastern Kosovo.)

(Image credit: U.S. Army soldiers run with their company during Thanksgiving events at Camp New York in the Kuwaiti desert.)

(Image credit: U.S. troops ride a "gator" utility vehicle decorated to resemble a turkey during a parade before a traditional Thanksgiving meal at the Manas air base in Kyrgyzstan.)

(Image credit: SPC John Dever of Chicago has Thanksgiving dinner while standing watch in a guard tower in Matakhan, Afghanistan.)

(Image credit: Army soldiers eat their Thanksgiving meal at a combat outpost in Cherkatah, Afghanistan.)

(Image credit: U.S. Army soldiers play touch football in the early morning hours on Thanksgiving at a military base in Zhari district, Afghanistan.)

(Image credit: U.S. soldiers queue up for their Thanksgiving meal in Kabul, Afghanistan.)

(Image credit: U.S. soldiers pray before eating a Thanksgiving meal at a dining hall at the U.S.-led coalition base in Kabul.)
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Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.