Soldiers get special Thanksgiving treat at BWI Airport

Lt. Christian Dietz, on his way to rejoin his unit in Iraq after two weeks R&R with his family in Washington Township, Mich., assumed he would miss Thanksgiving.

Lt. Dietz, 26, was walking to buy a sandwich at a fast food restaurant at BWI Airport yesterday when an employee from Southwest Airlines directed him to an employee's lounge. There Lt. Dietz and his fellow soldiers were given plates piled high with generous portions of turkey, stuffing and all the trimmings.

"This is great," said Lt. Dietz, of the 40th Engineering Battalion, as he worked on his food. "This is the sort of thing that makes you feel really...