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  • History retrospective: Wyoming's most combat decorated unit in a decade

    Sgt. 1st Class Frank Marquez|Sep 14, 2017

    CHEYENNE, Wyoming – September marks a decade since the return of the 1041st Engineer Company Assault Float Bridge of the Wyoming Army National Guard, which deployed to Combat Operations Base Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The unit returned the most decorated unit in the state since the 300th Armored Field Artillery fought in the Battle of Soyang in May 1951 during the Korean War. The 155 engineers left to provide security forces to commercial convoys t...