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Hundreds cheer Ronkonkoma soldier's return from Iraq

Returning to Long Island Sunday after a 15-month tour in Iraq, Army Spc. Ryan Dickinson knew a couple of friends might show up to greet him at the airport.

Instead, a couple of hundred friends, family and complete strangers, many waving American flags and cheering Dickinson as if he were a celebrity, filled the lobby of MacArthur Airport to welcome home the 21-year-old soldier from Ronkonkoma....

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