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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT:

Staff Sgt. Barbara Harbison (609) 530-7088

or Lt. Col. Roberta Niedt; (609) 530-6939

IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
(8 February, 2005)

 

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National Guard Unit – 3/112th FA

Coming Home


Who:        Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 112th Field Artillery

                 New Jersey Army National Guard

 

What:       Welcome Home after a year deployment to Iraq

 

When:      1:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 11

 

Where:     Lawrenceville Armory, Lawrenceville N.J.

 

      Media wishing to attend MUST register with Staff Sgt. Barb Harbison by calling (609) 530-7088 no later than 3 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 10.

 

      Details: On Friday Feb. 11 at 1:30 p.m., more than 170 members of the 3rd Battalion, 112th Field Artillery, New Jersey Army National Guard, will participate in a Welcome Home Ceremony after successfully completing their year-long deployment to Iraq as part of the security forces mission.  The Battery is comprised of members from New Jersey Army National Guard armories in Lawrenceville, Morristown and Toms River.  The celebration will include a parade of the soldiers from the corner of Route 206 and Eggert Crossing Road, Lawrenceville to the Lawrenceville Armory.

 

      Family, friends and the local community will be in attendance.

 

      Media planning to attend are asked to arrive no later than 12:30 p.m. at the armory as Route 206 and Eggert Crossing Road will be closed for the parade.
 


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