Photos: A retrospective of the war in Iraq

Families and friends wave flags and cheer as the plane carrying the returning troops makes its landing. Members of the 1457th Engineer Battalion return from Iraq after a year of service and are met by joyous family members at the Utah Air Guard hanger in Salt Lake City Wednesday afternoon.
Photo by Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune; 5/5/04

Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune
Jessica Tingey kisses her husband, Sgt. Kendall Tingey, as he arrives at the Utah Air National Guard Base Saturday May 14, 2011. About 100 Soldiers of the Utah National Guard's Group Support Company, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), returned to Utah from their 12-month deployment to Iraq.

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· October 21, 2011 12:20 pm

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On Friday President Obama announced that all U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of the year. Here is a look at the conflict, and the homecomings, over the past nine years.