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Archive Home > 2009 > July > 04 > The 4th in Georgia, then it’s on to Iraq

The 4th in Georgia, then it’s on to Iraq

Oregon Army National Guard soldiers have been training for a long time — away from home, in California, even as hotel workers in Georgia. Now it’s time to deploy.

By Erin Golden / The Bulletin
July 4, 2009

After nearly a year and a half of warm-up for a deployment to Iraq — long weekends away from home, a month of preparations at a California training facility and two months of intensive work in the sweltering heat of southeast Georgia — local Oregon Army National Guard....

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