-Messenger file photo
Curtis B. Olson, left, spends a little time with his son, Curtis, right, on his first night back in town as they go out for dinner at 3rd Base Sports Bar and Grill. Pfc. Olson, who was with the Iowa Army National Guard, 1st Battalion, 194th Field Artillery, which had just returned from Mississippi, where they were training for an upcoming mission in Iraq, was getting to spend the holidays at home with his family.