Spc. Lorenzo Oliver of the Ohio National Guard's 1483rd Transportation Company is welcomed home by family member Larshell Himon, 13, of Toledo. About 180 personnel from the company, which is based in Walbridge, were greeted by friends and relatives yesterday at Owens Community College after a one-year deployment to support Operation Iraqi Freedom efforts in the Middle East.
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Spc. Amanda English of Perrysburg gets a hug from Alexis Gallagher, 4, of Millbury. Behind them are, from left, Alexis' mother, Theresa Emerick, holding 7-month-old Steven Fowler, and Shelbylee Hoff, 8, of Moline.
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A crowd cheers for the 1483rd as they arrive at Owens' Student Health and Activities Center on the Perrysburg Township campus. More than 300 Owens students from that campus and the one in Findlay are currently serving in the military.
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