Guard unit returns to Tullahoma

Monday, May 12, 2008

TULLAHOMA (AP) -- Seeing the return of nearly 300 Tennessee Army National Guard soldiers home to Tullahoma was the best Mother's Day gift for Karen Williams.

At the Tullahoma Armory on Sunday, Williams welcomed home her son, Gary Williams Jr., and the other soldiers in the 1175th Transportation Company, which has spent the last year in Iraq.

Some of the soldiers hail from Bedford County.

Hundreds waved posters and cheered for the busloads of Guardsmen, who were escorted to the armory by law enforcement motorcade and motorcyclists.

Capt. Hud Moore said the unit moved heavy equipment back and forth from Kuwait to various locations in Iraq since last summer, and all of its members returned safely.

It was the company's second deployment in three years.

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Welcome home.

-- Posted by BobM on Mon, May 12, 2008, at 3:23 PM

Glad you guys made it back safe. God bless you!

-- Posted by misslady on Mon, May 12, 2008, at 3:27 PM

I'll echo what BobM wrote:

Welcome Home!!

-- Posted by k_collins39 on Mon, May 12, 2008, at 3:28 PM

Thanks for all the sacrifices you all have made for our freedom. We Love You! Welcome Home & God Bless you all.

-- Posted by TennesseeLady316 on Mon, May 12, 2008, at 9:17 PM

Welcome Home!

-- Posted by ajensen on Tue, May 13, 2008, at 6:52 AM