25 Reservists heading for Iraq duty

Sgt. Cameron Schmidt of Norton hugs his younger brother, Eric Faix, 11, as their mother, Edyie Faix, sheds a few tears before her son boards a bus bound for Michigan.

LAKE TWP. - Just days before the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a group of young Army Reservists hugged sobbing younger brothers and older sisters, pregnant wives and anxious mothers.

The soldiers won their first battle — fighting back tears and steadying quivering lips — as they slowly walked toward the bus that would take them to the place where they’d embark on their second fight.

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