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While honoring war dead, celebrating return of the safe

Even as Americans commemorate their war dead this weekend, there was cause for celebration at Long Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma Saturday - soldiers came home safe.

As family members cheered and applauded, snapped photos and shed tears, about 20 New York Army National Guard soldiers returned to the airport's Army Aviation Support Facility Saturday morning after completing a year...

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