A stopover in Thailand was welcome relief for thousands of troops aboard the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln from a grueling deployment. But it was not a complete salve.

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The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln became an emblem of the strains of the war on the U.S. military. Now its crew will have some rest.

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