Winfrey Visits Pregnant Military Wives

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. – Earlier this year, it was the 20,000 troops of the 101st Airborne Division who were welcomed here. On Monday, it was Oprah Winfrey, who came to congratulate the soldiers’ wives expecting babies between September and December – all 640 of them. Each became pregnant after their husband returned from Iraq.

“This is incredible. This is the biggest blessing. It’s unbelievable,” said Holly Munster, a military spouse.

Oprah gave gifts to the women. Supermodel Cindy Crawford along with country singers Martina McBride and Kenny Chesney also attended the taping of the show, which will air Tuesday.

Winfrey said the visit was a way to thank military families who do so much for so little.

“It’s a way of honoring the sacrifice without doing a lot of big speeches and oh la la la la. … It’s a way of saying, ‘We see you. We hear you. We know what you do to make our lives safer and we thank you for it,’” Winfrey said.

The 101st Airborne Division, based at Fort Campbell, returned home earlier this year after a yearlong deployment.