AM 1240 WJON » Minnesota Army National Guard http://wjon.com Sun, 19 May 2013 23:23:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Minnesota Army National Guard Deploying 2,400 Soldiers To Iraq http://wjon.com/minnesota-army-national-guard-deploying-2400-soldiers-to-iraq/ http://wjon.com/minnesota-army-national-guard-deploying-2400-soldiers-to-iraq/#comments Sun, 23 Jan 2011 18:10:07 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=5660 The Minnesota Army National Guard is sending 2,400 soldiers to Iraq. The one-year deployment of the Bloomington based 1st Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, will help in support of Operation New Dawn. Their deployment will begin on May 22nd.

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]]> http://wjon.com/minnesota-army-national-guard-deploying-2400-soldiers-to-iraq/feed/ 0 Eagan Vet Of Vietnam War To Get Overdue Honors http://wjon.com/eagan-vet-of-vietnam-war-to-get-overdue-honors/ http://wjon.com/eagan-vet-of-vietnam-war-to-get-overdue-honors/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:19:23 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=3222 For Army veteran Tim Callister, it's an award ceremony more than 40 years in the making. The former helicopter pilot will receive some of nation's top military honors for his actions in the Vietnam War during a ceremony Wednesday in West St. Paul.

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