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Photo Release

Date: Dec. 9, 2009
Contact: (617) 223-8515
Petty Officer 2nd Class
Lauren Jorgensen
Service member's spouse receives free Christmas tree
Photo of a woman picking out a Christmas tree
In this photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, Joe McDermott (right), an employee from the Coast Guard Base Support Unit in Boston, helps Amanda Merritt (left) pick out a Christmas tree to take home Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. Merritt was selected to receive a free Christmas tree through the Trees For Troops program since her husband, Seaman Benjamin Merritt of the Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba, is out at sea and won't be home for the holidays. U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Jorgensen

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