Area National Guard troops return Saturday

MATTOON – About 30 National Guard soldiers from the Champaign area will get a hero's welcome at 6 p.m. Saturday in Mattoon, after a year on the front line in Iraq.

They're military police officers from Company B of the 634th Forward Support Battalion, who have been serving with Company A of the same battalion, headquartered in Mattoon.

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