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Jared Allen, Fitzgerald to visit troops in Persian Gulf
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Minnesota Viking sack master Jared Allen and Twin Cities native Larry Fitzgerald Jr. of the Arizona Cardinals are among four NFL players packing their bags to visit U.S. troops at bases throughout the Persian Gulf.
The trip continues an NFL-USO tradition that began more than 40 years ago.
The exact day of departure is being kept vague for security purposes, league spokeswoman Clare Graff said this morning, saying only that the four are leaving "in the next few days."
Joining Allen and Fitzgerald are Will Witherspoon of the St. Louis Rams and Danny Clark of the New York Giants.
In the past four decades, NFL stars such as Terry Bradshaw, Larry Csonka, Franco Harris, Howie Long, Don Meredith, Lynn Swann and Johnny Unitas have visited troops on NFL-USO tours in such locations as Afghanistan, Bosnia, Iraq, Japan, Korea, Kuwait and Somalia.
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