Area Guard units coming home

CHAMPAIGN – About 30 National Guard soldiers from the Champaign Armory will be among those returning from the front line in Iraq as early as next week.

No date has been set for the return of the soldiers from Company B of the 634th Forward Support Battalion, who have been serving with Company A of the same battalion, which has its headquarters in Mattoon.

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