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Dec 2010
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Christmas time can be a lonely time for the soldiers who are away from home. To cheer them up Treasa Davison organised a Christmas concert with the talented Irish soldiers at Camp Shamrock in South Lebanon. Treasa describes her experience. (1997)

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