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Memorial Expanded as War Deaths Mount

                   
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May 15, 2008
        
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FORT BRAGG, North Carolina - When the Army's 82nd Airborne Division dedicated a memorial to paratroopers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, organizers believed three sides of a wide granite column would be plenty of space to engrave the names of the fallen. The last name on the memorial belongs to... [read full story]                    

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82nd Airborne brigade to head home from Iraq early

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May 17, 2008
        

Unit's tour is cut by three months Kevin Maurer, The Associated Press WILMINGTON - The Army's 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade will return from duty in Iraq in July, an unexpected reduction in the unit's tour from 15 to 12 months. When the brigade of 3,500 paratroopers is back in North...

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May 16, 2008
        

HOME AGAIN: The 1st brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division will return to Fort Bragg from Iraq in July. Once the unit's 3,500 paratroopers are back, the entire division will be at its home base for the first time in three years.SHORTER TOUR: The 1st brigade was scheduled to spend 15 months in...

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82nd Airborne coming back home early

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May 16, 2008
        

By KEVIN MAURER Associated Press Writer Posted: Today at 11:35 a.m. Updated: 20 minutes ago WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Army's 82nd Airborne Division's 1st brigade will return from duty in Iraq in July, an unexpected reduction in the unit's tour from 15 to 12 months. When the brigade of 3,500...

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82nd Airborne coming back home early

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May 16, 2008
        

By KEVIN MAURER Associated Press Writer Posted: Today at 11:35 a.m. Updated: Today at 12:31 p.m. WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Army's 82nd Airborne Division's 1st brigade will return from duty in Iraq in July, an unexpected reduction in the unit's tour from 15 to 12 months. When the brigade of 3,500...

Army’s 82nd returns home early, Ft. Hood soldiers to replace

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May 16, 2008
        

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - Officials at Fort Bragg say a brigade of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division will return to Fort Bragg from duty in Iraq three months earlier than scheduled. Division spokesman Maj. Tom Earnhardt told The Associated Press on Friday the division’s 1st brigade will leave Iraq...

APNewsBreak: 82nd Airborne coming back home early

charlotte.com
May 16, 2008
        

The Army's 82nd Airborne Division's 1st brigade will return from duty in Iraq in July, an unexpected reduction in the unit's tour from 15 to 12 months.When the brigade of 3,500 paratroopers is back in North Carolina, it will mark the first time in three years that the entire division is stationed...

82nd Airborne's brigade to return from Iraq 3 months early

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May 16, 2008
        

By KEVIN MAURER Associated Press Writer Posted: Today at 10:02 a.m. Updated: 5 minutes ago FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Officials at Fort Bragg say a brigade of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division will return to Fort Bragg from duty in Iraq three months earlier than scheduled. 82nd spokesman Maj. Tom...

82nd to return from Iraq 3 months early

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May 16, 2008
        

82nd to return from Iraq 3 months early By KEVIN MAURER, Associated Press Writer FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Officials at Fort Bragg say a brigade of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division will return to Fort Bragg from duty in Iraq three months earlier than scheduled. 82nd spokesman Maj. Tom Earnhardt told...

82nd brigade to return from Iraq early

charlotte.com
May 16, 2008
        

Officials at Fort Bragg say a brigade of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division will return to Fort Bragg from duty in Iraq three months earlier than scheduled.82nd spokesman Maj. Tom Earnhardt told The Associated Press on Friday the division's 1st brigade will leave Iraq in mid-July. He said the unit...

                   

Memorials running out of room for dead soldiers

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May 16, 2008
        

FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- A memorial to paratroopers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan has run out of space to add any more names of the fallen. When the Army's 82nd Airborne Division dedicated the 13-ton granite tower three years ago, organizers thought its three sides would be plenty of space. The last...

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