Auto dealer helps S.D. soldiers come home

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Auto dealer helps S.D. soldiers come home
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Nov 23, 2007 5:51:38 EST

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A Sioux Falls auto dealer is helping 185 National Guard soldiers come home to South Dakota for the holidays.

Billion Automotive is covering half the cost of the $80,000 needed to charter a plane to bring the 147th Field Artillery Unit, B Battery home from training.

The 185 soldiers will spend four days with their families over the Christmas holiday.

“They have a break in their training schedule. It was just a question of how to get them home,” said Lt. Col. John Holter, who recently left command of the unit.

The 147th has spent two months training in Mississippi for an upcoming yearlong deployment to Iraq.

Car dealer Dave Billion said he heard about the fundraising campaign and knew bake sales weren’t going to cover much of the cost.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/11/ap_soldiershome_071121/

[flashl]

1. Guard families and bake sales for fundraising since the Iraq "war"

should be etched in our minds forever.