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50 central Minnesota soldiers going to Afghanistan

St. Cloud, July 29 (Newswire): More than 200 people turned out in St. Cloud to send off about 50 soldiers who are deploying to Afghanistan.

The C Company 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion of the Minnesota National Guard is an air ambulance company and will provide medical evacuation support with its UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters.

The ceremony for the 53 soldiers at the St. Cloud Army Aviation Support Facility. They will be deployed for a year.

Many are being deployed for a second, third or fourth time.

It's the second deployment for Sgt. Anthony Mastro of Zimmerman. He served in 2009 in Iraq.

He tells the St. Cloud Times
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