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Bedtime Stories from Marines to Children Back Home

CBS News

Never did the children's books "Brown Bear, Brown Bear," "I Love You Because You're You," and "Goodnight My Duckling" sound so heartfelt as when they were read by Sergeant Chase Sheda at 3/1's headquarters, Forward Operating Base Delhi. Sergeant Sheda was reading the books out loud while looking into the lens of a small video camera, a little nervously at first, but more fluidly once he got used to looking into a camera and not at his children — Chase (who is 4) and Jayden (who is 3).


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