"30 MARCH 2008 -- PHOENIX, AZ: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders line the tarmac in Phoenix, AZ, as a Southwest Airlines charter bringing Arizona National Guard soldiers home arrives in Phoenix Sunday. About 250 members of the Arizona Army National Guard's 158th Infantry Battalion returned to Phoenix, AZ, from a year long deployment in Afghanistan Sunday. The unit, also known as the ""Bushmasters"" from their service in World War II, was part of the largest single-unit deployment of the Arizona National Guard since the second World War. Two members of the battalion were killed in action during their deployment. The battalion, a combat unit, engaged in counter insurgency operations through out their deployment. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press"
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