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Va. soldiers coming home in time for Thanksgiving

Posted on November 17, 2009 at 11:00 AM

Updated Tuesday, Nov 17 at 11:00 AM

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RICHLANDS, Va. (AP) — A group of Tazewell County soldiers is returning home from Afghanistan just in time for Thanksgiving.

A dozen members of the Virginia National Guard's 1033rd Engineer Support Company in Richlands returned to Bristol over the weekend.

Richlands Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Ginger Branton says more members of the unit are scheduled to arrive Thursday in Richlands. The rest of the unit should arrive home before Thanksgiving.

The soldiers have been in Afghanistan since last November.

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Information from: Bluefield Daily Telegraph, http://www.bdtonline.com

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awazos3 said on November 17, 2009 at 11:16 PM

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