Guard Unit Returned From Iraq

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[mutantcoil]

MIDWEST CITY, Okla. -- Members of the 1345th Transportation Company of the Oklahoma Army National Guard are coming home this week after more than a year in Iraq.

A three-and-a-half mile parade is planned to carry soldiers to Del City High School for a welcome home ceremony and reunion with family and friends starting at 7 p.m. Friday.

The 1345th was activated in March 2006 and sent to Fort Bliss, Texas, for training, then to Kuwait before arriving in Iraq.

The unit provided transportation on combat missions.

[mutantcoil]

On Friday, 15 June 2007 at 7:00 p.m. the 1345th Unit from the Oklahoma National Guard returned from a year’s deployment in Iraq. The cities of Del City and Midwest City, in conjunction with the Army National Guard, the Del City Chamber of Commerce, and the Midwest City Chamber of Commerce hosted a homecoming event for the Unit. The troops were on chartered buses, escorted by Del City and Midwest City Police and Fire units, along with Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Oklahoma City Police, and the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s office. In addition, the troops were escorted by elements of the Patriot Guards motorcycle units. I got a few photos from our little part of the three-and-a-half mile parade.

[Liberty Valance]

Welcome home! Thank you Oklahoma National Guard for your service to our country!

[massgopguy]

Good job guys.

[pfflier]

That’s why it is called the heartland!! You won’t see this in Baltimore or San Francisco.