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Taos Soldiers Return From Iraq

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Taos soldiers come home from Iraq

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Tomas Medina is welcomed off the bus by friends and family waiting for him and others returning from Iraq at the National Guard Armory Friday (April 23). Photo by Tina Larkin



By Chandra Johnson

Friday, April 23, 2010 2:46 PM MDT

For 28 men and women who have been serving in Iraq for the past year, Friday (April 23) was a day to breathe a sigh of relief.


Community leaders and hundreds of Taose?os turned out at the National Guard Armory Friday to say thank you and welcome their heroes home.

Spc. Tomas Medina, Spc. Bobby E. Kielpinski and Spc. Roy L. Hogsett were three of the men who have completed their duty in Iraq with the 720th and 1115th Transportation Companies who delivered goods and kept the roads safe in Iraq.

For the full story, plus photos and details on video coverage, see the April 29 edition of The Taos News.
 
During the Vietnam War it was said every small town in America was touched by the War. I put this little story here because it's a scene that gets repeated all the time in small communities across the country. Young women and men coming home after serving their country honorably.
It's important to remember who our real heroes are when we see headlines about athletes behaving like spoiled children.
I wanted to honor these Taosenios!
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My son returned to Fort Bragg last week after 15 months in Terin Kowt, Afghanistan. He also served a year and a half in Tikrit, Iraq.

It is great to see these guys get some recognition. I was very blessed to be among those welcoming my son's unit home from Iraq.

To the soldiers and their loved ones and to those caught in the middle of wars as innocent victims, God bless you all.
 
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Taosman;1698404; said:
During the Vietnam War it was said every small town in America was touched by the War. I put this little story here because it's a scene that gets repeated all the time in small communities across the country. Young women and men coming home after serving their country honorably.
It's important to remember who our real heroes are when we see headlines about athletes behaving like spoiled children.
I wanted to honor these Taosenios!
(no smiley)
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Taos - can you give us an idea of the Military History of Taosenios?
Did any serve in the Gulf War in 1990? Or in Kosovo in Mid 90's?

Not trying to pick a fight - Your article was 100% news to me and I'm interested in learning more about their history.
 
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Taos - can you give us an idea of the Military History of Taosenios?
Did any serve in the Gulf War in 1990? Or in Kosovo in Mid 90's?

Not trying to pick a fight - Your article was 100% news to me and I'm interested in learning more about their history.
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1. Wow, some people (not you BW) have a bone to pick that seems to ignore that a 'welcome home' was extended. Speaking as one who came home to sneers, jeers, spit and flying dog shit, I'd recognize what has been extended here and go on with my life with graditude, but y'all feel free to grouse if that's where you're at.

2. The New Mexico Guard has a very proud history as the 40th Division http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40th_Infantry_Division_(United_States) and as part of the 45th (Thunderbird) Division http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/45th_Infantry_Division_(United_States). Not the least of their accomplishments was the nurturing of Bill Mauldin, whose iconic cartoons became the very heart of the GI Joe experience in the ETO. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Mauldin
 
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There must be something I'm missing -- like maybe exactly what the hell are 'tags?'

I'll just say this:I'm not understanding your posts.

Just to make my position clear, I came home from Vietnam and back to OSU in August of 69. People threw dog shit at our bus as we pulled out of the gates at Travis AFB. People outside of Oakland Army Depot screamed at us and folks in San Francisco spit at me. Later, in an important job interview with an Oregon (Grants Pass) School Super I was asked if all Vietnam vets were a) crazy b) druggies. I was hardly welcomed back on the OSU campus because I had been pre judged for war crimes.

If someone wants to welcome troops home, regardless of how it's phrased or who it singles out, I am fully supportive.
 
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