U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Tim Farner, assigned to the 401st Civil Affairs Battalion, helps carry school supplies into the Dar Al Zando kindergarten and orphanage in Mosul, Iraq, Dec. 22, 2005. U.S. Army photo Spc. Clydell Kinchen


U.S. Army Capt. Lance D. Fadeley passes out toy stuffed animals at the Dar Al Zando kindergarten and orphanage in Mosul, Iraq, Dec. 22, 2005. Fadeley is assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group. U.S. Army photo Spc. Clydell Kinchen


U.S. Army Spc. Brent Hendrix, assigned to Alpha Troop, 4th Battalion, 14th Regiment, Mortar Platoon, lets a child touch his face at the Dar Al Zando Kindergarten and Orphanage in Mosul, Iraq, Dec. 22, 2005. The soldiers distributed school supplies and toy stuffed animals during their visit to the kindergarten and orphanage. U.S. Army photo Spc. Clydell Kinchen


U.S. Army Pfc. Michael Bird plays with children during a visit to the Dar Al Zando Kindergarten and Orphanage in Mosul, Iraq, Dec. 22, 2005. Bird is assigned to Alpha Troop, 4th Battalion, 14th Regiment, Mortar Platoon. The soldiers distributed school supplies and toy stuffed animals during their visit to the kindergarten and orphanage. U.S. Army photo Spc. Clydell Kinchen U.S. Army photo Spc. Clydell Kinchen


U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Richard Long holds up a little Iraqi girl at the Dar Al Zando Kindergarten and Orphanage in Mosul, Iraq, Dec. 22, 2005. Long is assigned to Alpha Troop, 4th Battalion, 14th Regiment, Mortar Platoon. The soldiers distributed school supplies and toy stuffed animals during their visit to the kindergarten and orphanage. U.S. Army photo Spc. Clydell Kinchen


An Iraqi boy holds up his new toy stuffed animals at the Dar Al Zando Kindergarten and Orphanage in Mosul, Iraq. U.S. soldiers distributed school supplies and toy stuffed animals during their visit to the kindergarten and orphanage, Dec. 22, 2005. U.S. Army photo Spc. Clydell Kinchen U.S. Army photo Spc. Clydell Kinchen