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Jeweler helps troops abroad pop the question

Brad Gross and Christina Dellaccio behind the counter

Photo credit: Agaton Strom | Brad Gross and Christina Dellaccio behind the counter at HL Gross Jewelers. (Nov. 29, 2012.)

By the time he reaches marriageable age, every guy knows the engagement-ring drill: Head to a jeweler. Pick out the stone. Swoon over a setting. Wrap the dazzler in a tiny box. Then pop The Question in a ridiculously romantic, utterly memorable display.

But what if the only rocks you're surrounded by are the rubble of Afghanistan?

For a growing number of U.S. troops in the middle of...

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