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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 16, 2008 No. 08-064 102nd MILITARY HISTORY DETACHMENT DEPARTURE CEREMONY SET FOR JUNE
27 Three Kansas National Guardsmen will be honored in a departure ceremony on Friday, June 27 as they prepare to deploy to Afghanistan. The ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. at the Kansas National Guard Museum, 6700 South Topeka Blvd (the main entrance of Forbes Field). The unit’s mission will be to record and document the various missions of the U.S. military serving in Afghanistan. They will be conducting interviews, collecting documents, taking photos and videos, and cataloging artifacts to preserve the history of Operation Enduring Freedom. “Documenting what our Soldiers and Airmen are accomplishing during deployment is an invaluable mission that will mean the work of our Guardsmen and other military in Afghanistan will forever be remembered,” said Maj. Gen. Tod Bunting, the Adjutant General. “We appreciate the skills these Soldiers bring to the war and thank them in advance for the sacrifices they are making.” The Soldiers, under the command of Maj. Damon Frizzell, have been receiving their pre-mobilization training at Salina, Kan. In early July they will go to Fort Benning, Ga., to finish their training and then from there deploy to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Once the Soldiers of the historical detachment gather the materials,
they send them to the U.S. Army Center of Military History in Washington,
D.C., where it is cataloged in the Military History Collection System
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