Willie Nelson Plays Long Set for Soldiers

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By T.A. BADGER
Associated Press Writer

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - Willie Nelson warmed up for his Friday night concert for paying customers by playing a long freebie gig for soldiers injured in Iraq.
It was the second straight year that Nelson squeezed in a show at Brooke Army Medical Center while he and his band were in San Antonio to play at the city's annual rodeo.

"I have a lot of respect for the military," said Nelson, himself an Air Force veteran. "I like to show them that I support them every chance I get. ... We get as much out of it as (the soldiers)."

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