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  • Huge crowds turn out to welcome National Guard unit home (Montana 495th)

    04/03/2004 7:15:41 AM PST · by MontanaBeth · 42 replies · 191+ views
    The Daily Inter Lake ^ | 04/03/04 | Candace Chase
    A roar erupted from a crowd of about 200 Friday afternoon as a C130 aircraft swooped down from a cloudless sky onto a runway at Glacier Park International Airport. Flag-waving family members surged forward as the aircraft slowly lumbered over to Edwards Jet Center. The soldiers of the Headquarters 495th Motor Transportation Battalion of the Montana National Guard were home. "Oh my gosh I'm going to cry," Sarah Snyder said as she waited for her dad, Warrant Officer Steve Snyder. As the ramp lowered from the huge plane, a color guard, Gov. Judy Martz and Maj. Gen. John Prendergast greeted...