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Troops Thanksgiving
Aired November 27, 2003 - 08:02 ET
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BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: U.S. troops in Iraq and their mission there on the minds of many today. It'll be a special Thanksgiving, though, for forces gathered there near Baghdad. Traditional holiday dinner being served today and a whole lot of it, too, by the pound, and many pounds. Jane Arraf is with U.S. troops again.
Jane, hello and good afternoon.
JANE ARRAF, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good afternoon, Bill. Just want to let you know that just behind me, there were 4,000 people who came through here, eating literally a ton of turkey. It's all over, but the leftovers now.
But for the past four hours, 4,000 of these troops have come here to Camp Muleskinner, which is the home of the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, a tradition that goes back to - a company - a tradition that goes back to 1836, trying to put into practice this Thanksgiving tradition. And we have one of the soldiers here to talk to us about how this Thanksgiving has gone. Daniel McCaffrey from Farmington, New Mexico.
SPEC. DANIEL MCCAFFREY, U.S. ARMY: Yes, ma'am.
ARRAF: How's your Thanksgiving so far?
MCCAFFREY: It's been going real well.
ARRAF: What do you miss the most about being home?
MCCAFFREY: Just seeing my family every day and just actually having the time to relax.
ARRAF: And I've got to ask you about this incredible spread. You had turkey. You had ham hocks. You had pretty well everything. Was there anything you missed at Thanksgiving?
MCCAFFREY: The only thing was well, pumpkin pie.
ARRAF: You didn't get any pumpkin pie?
MCCAFFREY: No, I was a little late.
ARRAF: They had like thousands of pumpkin pies.
MCCAFFREY: I came here toward the end so I didn't have a chance to get one.
ARRAF: What are you going to do the rest of today?
MCCAFFREY: I haven't really -- don't really know.
ARRAF: Sounds like a pretty relaxing day, though, compared to what you usually do.
MCCAFFREY: Oh, yes, yes. Today, we haven't done anything, just watched the football game that we had this morning, and just relax.
ARRAF: You want to say anything special to your folks in Farmington?
MCCAFFREY: Yes. I want to say hi to my mom, Amanda, Samantha, Drexler and Brianna.
ARRAF: Thanks so much. That was Specialist Daniel Mccaffrey, one of the 4,000 people who had Thanksgiving dinner here at this facility, Camp Muleskinner near the banks of the Tigris here in Baghdad. We're facing a tough mission, but today was a little bit of a break and a little taste of home -- Bill?
HEMMER: Jane, thanks. Jane Arraf. A nice story from Baghdad today.
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Aired November 27, 2003 - 08:02 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: U.S. troops in Iraq and their mission there on the minds of many today. It'll be a special Thanksgiving, though, for forces gathered there near Baghdad. Traditional holiday dinner being served today and a whole lot of it, too, by the pound, and many pounds. Jane Arraf is with U.S. troops again.
Jane, hello and good afternoon.
JANE ARRAF, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good afternoon, Bill. Just want to let you know that just behind me, there were 4,000 people who came through here, eating literally a ton of turkey. It's all over, but the leftovers now.
But for the past four hours, 4,000 of these troops have come here to Camp Muleskinner, which is the home of the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, a tradition that goes back to - a company - a tradition that goes back to 1836, trying to put into practice this Thanksgiving tradition. And we have one of the soldiers here to talk to us about how this Thanksgiving has gone. Daniel McCaffrey from Farmington, New Mexico.
SPEC. DANIEL MCCAFFREY, U.S. ARMY: Yes, ma'am.
ARRAF: How's your Thanksgiving so far?
MCCAFFREY: It's been going real well.
ARRAF: What do you miss the most about being home?
MCCAFFREY: Just seeing my family every day and just actually having the time to relax.
ARRAF: And I've got to ask you about this incredible spread. You had turkey. You had ham hocks. You had pretty well everything. Was there anything you missed at Thanksgiving?
MCCAFFREY: The only thing was well, pumpkin pie.
ARRAF: You didn't get any pumpkin pie?
MCCAFFREY: No, I was a little late.
ARRAF: They had like thousands of pumpkin pies.
MCCAFFREY: I came here toward the end so I didn't have a chance to get one.
ARRAF: What are you going to do the rest of today?
MCCAFFREY: I haven't really -- don't really know.
ARRAF: Sounds like a pretty relaxing day, though, compared to what you usually do.
MCCAFFREY: Oh, yes, yes. Today, we haven't done anything, just watched the football game that we had this morning, and just relax.
ARRAF: You want to say anything special to your folks in Farmington?
MCCAFFREY: Yes. I want to say hi to my mom, Amanda, Samantha, Drexler and Brianna.
ARRAF: Thanks so much. That was Specialist Daniel Mccaffrey, one of the 4,000 people who had Thanksgiving dinner here at this facility, Camp Muleskinner near the banks of the Tigris here in Baghdad. We're facing a tough mission, but today was a little bit of a break and a little taste of home -- Bill?
HEMMER: Jane, thanks. Jane Arraf. A nice story from Baghdad today.
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