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captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. it went on longer than world war ii and now the combat phase of the iraq war is finally over. our cameras were there. our own richard engel reporting live from a moving vehicle when the last u.s. combat troops crossed the border into kuwait, emptied their weapons because they were no longer in harm s way. their mission was over. reporter: it looks like we are crossing into kuwait. i have seen the flashes of some cameras, so there are other journalists there. if you look to the left, there are some soldiers waving this convey in. tonight, we get to see the first homecoming stateside, while the 50,000-plus americans who stayed behind are hoping theirs is a noncombat role. either way, as a young lieutenant said last night, it s the end of an era in u.s. military history. we begin tonight with our chief foreign correspondent richard engel who, again, broke the news on this broadcast last night. richard, good ....
our own richard engel reporting live from a moving vehicle when the last u.s. combat troops crossed the border into kuwait, emptied their weapons because they were no longer in harm s way. their mission was over. reporter: it looks like we are crossing into kuwait. i have seen the flashes of some cameras, so there are other journalists there. if you look to the left, there are some soldiers waving this convoy in. tonight, we get to see the first homecoming stateside, while the 50,000-plus americans who stayed behind are hoping theirs is a noncombat role. either way, as a young lieutenant said last night, it s the end of an era in u.s. military history. we begin tonight with our chief foreign correspondent richard engel who, again, broke the news on this broadcast last night. tonight finds him in kuwait. richard, good evening. reporter: good evening, brian. we are still with soldiers from the 42 stryker brigade. they are based at fort lewis in washington state. the ....