Mrs. Kay York explains an assignment to Zachary Rahn, a student in her first grade class at Stewardson-Strasburg School, prior to a visit by members of the 8th Special Operations Squadron (8th SOS). The servicemen corresponded with the children while stationed in the Persian Gulf area during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Now that they have returned from deployment, the men have traveled to Illinois to meet and spend a day with their pen pals