From our files: July 2010
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Staff Sgt. Heath Richter embraces three of his children, McKenna, Jaxson and Zach, moments before boarding the bus at the Iowa Army National Guard Readiness Center in Algona. About 35 soldiers from B Battery, 1st Battalion, 194th Field Artillery departed at the end of an emotional send-off ceremony, before the unit headed for Afghanistan.
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-Messenger file photo
Staff Sgt. Heath Richter embraces three of his children, McKenna, Jaxson and Zach, moments before boarding the bus at the Iowa Army National Guard Readiness Center in Algona. About 35 soldiers from B Battery, 1st Battalion, 194th Field Artillery departed at the end of an emotional send-off ceremony, before the unit headed for Afghanistan.
