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LI soldiers honored as they deploy to Afghanistan
Photo credit: Ed Betz | Members of the Army Reserve's 455th Engineering Detachment in Amityville, on Sunday. (Feb. 7, 2009)
Army Reservists honored before departure
Long Island troops in Afghanistan
War in Afghanistan
Pvt. Joseph C. Grimaldi admitted a touch of nervousness about his trip to Afghanistan - the 19-year-old Hicksville resident said his war service will be his longest stretch without sharing a bedroom with his twin brother, Salvatore.
Spc. Nurgalim Bibolov, 43, of Sheepshead Bay, had no such apprehension. The Russian native, who came to the United States seven years ago and said he also spent...
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