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Overseas Serviceman Sends Holiday Love Home
National Guardsman James Szoyka in Afghanistan used YouTube to send holiday wishes to his family in Arnold.
The men and women of the Missouri National Guard spending the holidays away from home are using YouTube to send their greetings back to loved ones.
Pfc. James Szoyka, of Arnold, wished his wife and daughter a merry Christmas from Afghanistan.
Units currently deployed include the 175th Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment of the 175th Military Police Battalion of Columbia, the 2175th Military Police Company of Hannibal, the 1137th Military Police Company of Kennett, the 3175th Chemical Company of St. Peters, the 1138th Transportation Company out of Jefferson Barracks, the 548th Transportation Company of Trenton, Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 835th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion and Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 229th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, both of Jefferson City, and Missouri's Agribusiness Development Team V.
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The National Guard recorded more holiday wishes from Missouri residents on their YouTube channel.
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