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June 21, 2006

Hundreds greet R.I. Guard unit back from Iraq / Photo

Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach
Sgt. Earle Tammello of Johnston hugs his wife, Jennifer, and holds their 2-year-old son, Aiden Tammello, after his return today. Aiden was 6 months old when his father left on deployment.

WARWICK -- Some 95 members of the Rhode Island Army National Guard's 861st Engineering Company returned today after 17 months away from their families, including a year deployed across Iraq.

They were welcomed at T.F. Green Airport just after 1:30 this afternoon a crowd of several hundred, including family and friends.

The combat engineers were deployed to front lines across Iraq in teams of five or six. While some were wounded, every member returned home.

-- With reports from Journal staff writer Daniel Barbarisi

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