By COLLEEN SCHRAPPEN | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Published: December 21, 2020
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (Tribune News Service) Soldiers embarking on their holiday leave Sunday said goodbye to the rigors of early-morning formations, fitness regimens and fatigues at a subdued sendoff from the USO of Missouri. The annual Holiday Block Leave, when soldiers are bused in from Missouri s Fort Leonard Wood to head home from St. Louis Lambert International Airport, is usually marked with hustle and hoopla.