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"The war in Iraq is taking a very personal toll on some families, including one in Aztec.Sally Wood and her daughter, Brandi Smith, 10, seem stuck in time -- Thursday, April 8, to be exact.  That's when Wood's ex-husband and Brandi's dad, Timothy Smith, was killed in Iraq.Divorced for more than a year, Smith was looking for a new challenge and accepted a three-year job driving a truck for Halliburton Energy Services in Iraq.  Halliburton has dozens of employees working to rebuild parts of Iraq and Kuwait.  In the last year, 30 of the company's employees have been killed there.\"He'd call and write, and say this is his world; he's happy.  He liked\nthe people,\" Wood said.Every Friday, the mother and daughter would log onto the computer because there would always be a new e-mail from Smith -- until last Friday.  The day before -- three months into his new job -- the truck he was driving was hit by a mortar round.  The truck blew up, killing him instantly.After Wood got the news, she didn't know how to break it to her daughter, who was at a slumber party.\"Oh, that was the biggest heartbreaker, ever,\" Wood said.Brandi was devastate by the news and hangs on by going back through her dad's e-mails.  She saved every one.  She and her mom read them again every Friday.\"What's so strange is, I'm still checking the e-mail.  I know it's stupid, but I'm still checking the e-mail for him and I don't know how long that's going to take (to get over),\" Wood said.But e-mails aren't the only remembrance they have of Smith.  He frequently wrote letters and sent souvenirs to them, signing every letter, every postcard: \"Love you bunches, Daddy.\"Smith's funeral service is scheduled for Saturday, April 17, at 10 a.m. at Memory Gardens in Farmington."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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