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Senator Steve Daines speaks with Vietnam Veteran Leo Schaefer of Kalispell as they await the arrival of the Montana National Guard 495th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion on Saturday night, March 16. Schaefer and other members of the Vietnam Veterans of America NorthWest Montana Chapter 1087 presented a line of American flags to welcome the soldiers home. More than one of them expressed their belief in the importance of honoring the soldiers this way because American military personnel who served in Vietnam were most often not welcomed home.(Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)

Senator Steve Daines speaks with Vietnam Veteran Leo Schaefer of Kalispell as they await the arrival of the Montana National Guard 495th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion on Saturday night, March 16. Schaefer and other members of the Vietnam Veterans of America NorthWest Montana Chapter 1087 presented a line of American flags to welcome the soldiers home. More than one of them expressed their belief in the importance of honoring the soldiers this way because American mili…

March 18, 2019

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Welcome home 495th returns from deployment to Afghanistan
March 18, 2019 4 a.m.

Welcome home 495th returns from deployment to Afghanistan

The 495th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion is home again. Sixty-seven soldiers arrived at the Glacier Jet Center late Saturday night to cheers and tears, and hugs from family and gathered loved ones.