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South Florida soldiers arrive home from Afghanistan

 

By Heather Carney

Sun Sentinel

It was pitch black in the parking lot of the Williams Reserve Center in Miami as 11-year-old Abigail Castro unraveled a welcome home banner for her dad, Spc. Michael Castro of North Lauderdale.

Castro and the other 92 soldiers from the 841st Engineer Battalion touched down in Miami around 4:30 a.m. Monday after a six month tour in Afghanistan. They arrived at the armory at the north campus of Miami-Dade College about an hour later — 16 hours after their expected arrival time due to a handful of delayed flights.

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