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National Guardsmen Return Home From Iraq
Hundreds Greet Soldiers After Deployment
POSTED: 10:10 pm CDT May 11,
2008
UPDATED: 10:03 am CDT May 12,
2008
TULLAHOMA, Tenn. -- Seeing the return of nearly 300 Tennessee Army National Guard soldiers home to Tullahoma was the best Mother's Day gift for Karen Williams.
Video: National Guardsmen Return Home From IraqAt the Tullahoma Armory on Sunday, Williams welcomed home her son, Gary Williams Jr., and the other soldiers in the 1175th Transportation Company, which has spent the last year in Iraq.Hundreds waved posters and cheered for the busloads of Guardsmen, who were escorted to the armory by law enforcement motorcade and motorcyclists.
Capt. Hud Moore said the unit moved heavy equipment back and forth from Kuwait to various locations in Iraq since last summer, and all of its members returned safely.It was the company's second deployment in three years.
Video: National Guardsmen Return Home From IraqAt the Tullahoma Armory on Sunday, Williams welcomed home her son, Gary Williams Jr., and the other soldiers in the 1175th Transportation Company, which has spent the last year in Iraq.Hundreds waved posters and cheered for the busloads of Guardsmen, who were escorted to the armory by law enforcement motorcade and motorcyclists.|
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