Some 600 soldiers arrive after hard months spent in Iraq
FORT STEWART, Ga., July 5 — Hundreds of troops returning home from Iraq marched into the gym at Fort Stewart late Saturday and stood in formation as loved ones erupted into cheers and waved flags, banners and red-white-and-blue balloons.
COL. ROBERTA WOODS, commander of 24th Corps Support Group, said the 600 soldiers had been trying to get a flight out of Kuwait and hadn’t been able to until now.
“Probably the hardest thing has been the long wait, maintaining morale,” she said. “They’ve been in the hot desert, waiting to come home.”
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FORT STEWART, Ga., July 5 — Hundreds of troops returning home from Iraq marched into the gym at Fort Stewart late Saturday and stood in formation as loved ones erupted into cheers and waved flags, banners and red-white-and-blue balloons.
COL. ROBERTA WOODS, commander of 24th Corps Support Group, said the 600 soldiers had been trying to get a flight out of Kuwait and hadn’t been able to until now.
“Probably the hardest thing has been the long wait, maintaining morale,” she said. “They’ve been in the hot desert, waiting to come home.”
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