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September 27, 2007

Guard transportation unit returning to R.I.

CRANSTON -- More than 130 members of the Rhode Island Army National Guard are returning this weekend from a year-long deployment to Iraq.

The 1207th Transportation Company conducted transportation missions in Basra. The Guard members arrived there in September 2006.

The company is scheduled to arrive at Quonset State Airport in North Kingstown.

One soldier in the unit received a Purple Heart in Iraq. Eight were awarded the Bronze Star Medal, and 31 received the Combat Action Badge.

This morning, 175 Guardsmen departed for Fort Dix, N.J., on their way to Iraq.

-- The Associated Press

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