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Five Guardsmen honored for heroics
Aircrew rescued Italian soldiers in Afghan battle
Updated: Sunday, 03 Feb 2013, 8:17 AM EST
Published : Saturday, 02 Feb 2013, 12:51 PM EST
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) -- Five National Guardsmen will be honored Saturday afternoon for their service in Afghanistan.
The members of F Company, 1/126th Aviation will be awarded the Army Commendation Medal with "v" for valor in a 1 p. m. ceremony at Quonset Point.
According to a release distributed by the National Guard, the five Guardsmen were part of a Medevac crew that recovered and evacuated five Italian soldiers during a battle in Afghanistan.
F Company 1/126th was deployed to Afghanistan in January 2011 for a year-long deployment.
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