
DATE: Saturday, September 27, 1997          TAG: 9709270441

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DADDY'S HOME FROM PERSIAN GULF

ILLUSTRATION: Photo

MOTOYA NAKAMURA photos The Virginian-Pilot

Jessica Evett, 12, above, is overwhelmed with joy at seeing her

father, Command Master Chief Grady Evett, return Friday from a

six-month deployment aboard the frigate Nicholas. Jessica is being

comforted by her mother, Diane. At left, a flag-waving Brandy

Dickens, 8, greets her father, Petty Officer 2nd Class Grady

Dickens, during the homecoming at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. In

the background, from left, are her brother Andrew, 10, mother,

Faith, and brother Jamie, 8.

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