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A time for joy before war

Aug-12-2005 » Filed Under: 172nd SBCT

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By MARGARET FRIEDENAUER, The News-Miner

Spc. Matthew Luhvic has known for almost two years that he would likely be deployed to Iraq this summer. He's only known for six days that he would be a married man when he left.

But there was no hesitation when Luhvic and Stephanie Bruin exchanged vows Thursday evening on the William R. Wood Centennial Bridge over the Chena River in downtown Fairbanks.

"I'm ecstatic," Bruin said, giggling just minutes after the ceremony.

But the couple will have to forgo a honeymoon for about a year. Luhvic leaves Sunday for Iraq with the 414th Cavalry as part of the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team. The couple decided the day they got engaged, about a week ago, that they wanted to get married before Luhvic left. [...]


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