AARON HUGHES
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On January 30, 2003 I was pulled out of the University of Illinois and called to active duty with the 1244th Transportation Company Army National Guard out of North Riverside, Illinois. On April 17, 2003 my Company was deployed to Kuwait under Operation Iraqi Freedom. There I supported combat operations by transporting supplies from camps and ports in Kuwait to camps in Iraq. After three extensions, totaling one year, three months and seven days, my Company was redeployed to home base in North Riverside Illinois on July 24, 2004. I returned to the University of Illinois in the spring of 2005 as a student majoring in painting with the need to express and share my experiences with others. I have dedicated my life to making art that will deconstruct the culture of dehumanization and hate that was so prevalent while deployed.
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