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December 22, 2005

70 more R.I. Guard members to return from Iraq Saturday

CRANSTON - Seventy more Rhode Island National Guard members who have been serving in Iraq for nearly a year will return to the Ocean State on Christmas Eve, the Rhode Island National Guard announced today.

The men and women from A Company and the Command Group of the 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment are scheduled to return to Quonset Air National Guard Base, Quonset Point, at 2:15 p.m. Saturday, the Guard said.

Last Sunday, 100 members of the same regiment returned to Rhode Island. Its members flew UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters in Iraq for the past 11 months.

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