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Fairchild Air Force Base

Air Force family loses all belongings and Christmas presents days before holiday

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. – Tech. Sgt. Dewey Brown and wife, Sharon, accept $100 in vouchers from Edward Steetle, Airman and Family Readiness Center community readiness consultant, here Dec. . The Brown family was moving from North Dakota to McChord Air Force Base and lost all of their belongings when their U-Haul trailer was stolen from a Spokane Valley hotel on 20 Dec. (U.S. Air Force Photo / Senior Airman Darlene West)

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Air Force family loses all belongings and Christmas presents days before holiday

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. – Tech. Sgt. Dewey Brown and wife, Sharon, watch as their daughter, Cami, 7, opens Christmas gifts provided by the Fairchild Airman and Family Readiness Center here Dec 22. The Brown family’s gifts were taken, along with all of their belongings, from their U-Haul truck Dec. 20. (U.S. Air Force Photo / Senior Airman Darlene West)

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Air Force family loses all belongings and Christmas presents days before holiday

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. – Cami Brown looks at the book she received as a Christmas gift from the Airman and Family Readiness Center here Dec. 22. Their stolen U-Haul trailer contained everything from Christmas presents to $50,000 in jewelry inside. (U.S. Air Force Photo / Senior Airman Darlene West)

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Air Force family loses all belongings and Christmas presents days before holiday

Published Jan. 4, 2010