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30 MARCH 2008 -- PHOENIX, AZ: The family members of Arizona National Guard soldiers wait for their loved ones to come home from Afghanistan in an Air Force hanger in Phoenix, AZ, Sunday. About 250 members of the Arizona Army National Guard's 158th Infantry Battalion returned to Phoenix, AZ, from a year long deployment in Afghanistan Sunday. The unit, also known as the "Bushmasters" from their service in World War II, was part of the largest single-unit deployment of the Arizona National Guard since the second World War. Two members of the battalion were killed in action during their deployment. The battalion, a combat unit, engaged in counter insurgency operations through out their deployment. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press

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30 MARCH 2008 -- PHOENIX, AZ: The family members of Arizona National Guard soldiers wait for their loved ones to come home from Afghanistan in an Air Force hanger in Phoenix, AZ, Sunday. About 250 members of the Arizona Army National Guard's 158th Infantry Battalion returned to Phoenix, AZ, from a year long deployment in Afghanistan Sunday. The unit, also known as the "Bushmasters" from their service in World War II, was part of the largest single-unit deployment of the Arizona National Guard since the second World War. Two members of the battalion were killed in action during their deployment. The battalion, a combat unit, engaged in counter insurgency operations through out their deployment. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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