A long kiss hello
Posted: 5/27/03
Lt. Abraham Hammell, D.O., son of Joseph and Diana Hammell of Caledonia, and the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. George Hammell, returned from a 10-month deployment in the Persian Gulf in mid-May. Dr. Hammell, medical officer aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, was greeted by his wife, Heather, upon his return to US soil. The couple was apparently oblivious as cameras rolled, and their tender reunion was broadcast over CNN, and several news services sent their photo over the wire.
Dr. Hammell was one of more than 10,000 Pacific Fleet sailors and Marines aboard the ships of the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Battle Group and USS Bellau Wood Amphibious Ready Group who participated in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. The shipís home port is Everett, Washington.
Dr. Hammellís six-month deployment began in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Southern Watch in July of 2002. As the battle group neared completion of its deployment in December of 2002, the USS Abraham Lincoln Battle Group was recalled to duty in the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
A 1993 graduate of Caledonia High School, Dr. Hammell is a 1997 graduate of Loras College and a 2001 graduate of the Des Moines University Medical School.
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