Government & Politics

Tennessee National Guardsmen Return to Union City

WKMS | By The Associated Press,

Published August 14, 2012 at 9:20 AM CDT

About 150 Guardsmen from Union City are among the more than 300 Tennessee Army National Guard members flying home this week after a year's deployment in the Middle East. Guard officials say they’re from the 913th Engineer Company. They’ll arrive Thursday after processing at Fort Bliss, Tex.

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