Delta Company homecoming photos
Sgt. Guy Porth gets a kiss from his daughter Violet, who is one year old, as his wife Lindsay holds her. His unit, Delta Company 1/178th Infantry from the Woodstock-based National Guard, return Thursday after a year in Afghanistan.
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Melvin Smerlinski, father-in-law of Sgt. Kevin Guyot of Lake Villa, holds a sign in the crowd as 50 Delta Company 1/178th Infantry soldiers from the Woodstock-based National Guard return Thursday after a year in Afghanistan.
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Family of Spc. Norman Cain III, who was killed in action in March, take photos as a giant American flag is hoisted by the Woodstock Fire Department over the Woodstock Square.
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Soldiers wave at the crowd from the front window of their bus as 50 Delta Company 1/178th Infantry soldiers from the Woodstock-based National Guard return Thursday after a year in Afghanistan.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Family of Spc. Norman Cain III, who was killed in action in March, watch as 50 Delta Company 1/178th Infantry soldiers from the Woodstock-based National Guard return Thursday to the Woodstock Square after a year in Afghanistan.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Soldiers stand with the portraits of five Delta Company 1/178th Infantry soldiers who were killed while serving in Afghanistan, as the unit returns to the Woodstock Square Thursday.
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Man's best friend waits patiently as 50 Delta Company 1/178th Infantry soldiers from the Woodstock-based National Guard return Thursday after a year in Afghanistan.
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Delta Company 1/178th Infantry soldiers from the Woodstock-based National Guard stand in formation on the Woodstock gazebo as their commander holds a yellow rose Thursday.
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Sgt. Brian Watterson, of Sycamore, holds his daughter in the Woodstock square as 50 Delta Company 1/178th Infantry soldiers from the Woodstock-based National Guard return Thursday after a year in Afghanistan.
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Lynn Guyot applauds as her husband Sgt. Kevin Guyot of Lake Villa, and the Delta Company 1/178th Infantry soldiers from the Woodstock-based National Guard return Thursday after a year in Afghanistan.
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A boy waits with the crowd as Delta Company 1/178th Infantry soldiers from the Woodstock-based National Guard return Thursday after a year in Afghanistan.
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Sr. Vice Cmdr. Joe Schaul of American Legion Post 680 in Hampshire, left, offers his posts' help to the Woodstock Fire Department under a giant American flag Thursday on the Woodstock Square.
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Delta Company 1/178th Infantry soldiers from the Woodstock-based National Guard stand in formation on the Woodstock gazebo for the last time as they return Thursday after a year in Afghanistan.
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People reach out to touch their heroes as 50 Delta Company 1/178th Infantry soldiers from the Woodstock-based National Guard return Thursday to the Woodstock Square after a year in Afghanistan.
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A man with flags in his hat takes pictures as 50 Delta Company 1/178th Infantry soldiers from the Woodstock-based National Guard return Thursday after a year in Afghanistan.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Soldiers wave from the bus as 50 Delta Company 1/178th Infantrymen from the Woodstock-based National Guard return Thursday to the Woodstock Square after a year in Afghanistan.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Thomas Zaehler, 10 months, is supported by his grandmother Audrey Vosmik as he waits for his father, Sgt. Robert Zaehler of Harvard, to return with the Delta Company 1/178th Infantry soldiers.
John Starks | Staff Photographer