When the two children of Capt. Hayes Preston of the Maryland National Guard ask him every day if he?s returning to combat in Iraq, he struggles to alleviate their fears and his apprehension.
“I can?t say I?m never going to Iraq again, but I tell them I?ll be here for your next birthday and that baseball game next week,” said Preston, a single father of two living in Shady Side.
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