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Monday, December 03, 2012  A path of American flags paved the way from the service to the cemetery in Basco ... Nathan's home town.

Monday, July 18, 2011  Keokuk families prepare to welcome national guardsmen home from Afghanistan.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008  A Quincy resident and citizen soldier with the Illinois National Guard leads three thousand citizen soldiers from across Illinois who are preparing to deploy to Afghanistan with the 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team. These soldiers make up the largest overseas deployment of Illinois National Guardsmen and women since World War Two.

Monday, November 17, 2008  The State of Illinois is in the midst of its largest overseas deployment of Illinois National Guardsmen and women since World War two. Right now about 3000 citizen soldiers from 30 units across the state including here in the Tri-States are preparing for deployment to Afghanistan as part of the 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.