Everett, United States of America
SAILOR PROPOSES MARRIAGE ON PIER RETURNING FROM WAR ON USS LINCOLN.
Sailor Leon Nelson kneels on the pier as he proposes marriage and slips
an engagement ring on Shannon Hagins of Arlington, Washington after
returning from the war in Iraq aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln
(background) after it docked in its home port of Everett, Washington,
May 6, 2003. The nuclear powered aircraft carrier spent nearly 10
months in the Persian Gulf - one of the longest deployments of a Navy
ship in 30 years. REUTERS/Rick Wilking
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