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Petty Officer Josh Labbe meets his 2 1/2-day-old daughter as his wife, Ashli Labbe, and son, Brodin Labbe, 3, greet him after disembarking from the Peleliu.

Petty Officer Josh Labbe meets his 2 1/2-day-old daughter as his wife, Ashli Labbe, and son, Brodin Labbe, 3, greet him after disembarking from the Peleliu.  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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The amphibious assault ship Peleliu returns to San Diego from its deployment in the western Pacific in time for Christmas. The 34-year-old Peleliu, the last of the Navy’s Tarawa-class ships, is being decommissioned in March

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Sailors wave to their friends and family upon their return to San Diego.   (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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The Cairncross family awaits eagerly for Lt. Tito Rivas.   (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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Bronson Baker, left, embraces his wife, Alicia Baker, after disembarking from the Peleliu.   (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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People watch the arrival of the Peleliu. Its sister ships were the Tarawa, Saipan, Belleau Wood and Nassau.   (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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Marissa Witte kisses her husband, Seaman Joshua Witte, after he and about 900 sailors disembarked the Navy ship Peleliu.   (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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Sailors from the Peleliu return home.   (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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Andrea Rea holds a sign and waits patiently for her husband, Chris Rea.   (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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Shari Cairncross sports a patriotic hairpin as she awaits her granddaughter’s fiancee, Lt. Tito Rivas.   (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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