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Marine Jacob Lambrecht avis rent a car 12 passenger van rental missoula montana of Twentynine Palms arrives avis rent a car 12 passenger van rental missoula montana by bus to the Bob Hope Hollywood USO at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 as he waits for a flight home to Minnesota for Christmas. (Sarah Reingewirtz/Staff Photographer) Pfc. Jake Winkler, of Twentynine Palms, makes a stop at the Bob Hope Hollywood USO on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 as he waits for a flight out
Outside the center - really a couple of oversized trailers bolted together between Terminals 1 and 2 - a group of Marines fresh out of Communication-Electronics School (MCCES) at Twentynine Palms grab their duffle bags and climb the ramp to the double glass doors.
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