A departure ceremony was held Sunday at Cambridge High School for 149 soldiers from the Minnesota National Guard who will leave for training Wednesday at Ft. Bliss, Texas, for a one-year deployment in support of the Afghanistan operation. Members of the Patriot Guard held flags as the soldiers filed into the school's gym.
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