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Audio postcard: Jackson's 1461st Michigan Army National Guard unit returns from Afghanistan

WKAR Public Media | By Current State
Published May 31, 2013 at 4:18 PM EDT
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Dozens of anxious military families filled Lumen Christi Catholic High School in Jackson Thursday to welcome home their soldiers from Afghanistan.  The 1461st Transportation Company is back home after a 10-month tour of duty.  Current State’s Kevin Lavery and Becky McKendry witnessed the joyful reunion in Jackson and filed an audio postcard.

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About 130 members of the 1461st Transportation Company of the Michigan Army National Guard returned home Thursday after a nine-month tour of duty in Afghanistan.
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