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Posted: 12:34 PM Mar 10, 2010
Fort Knox unit back from earthquake relief duty
Soldiers have returned to Fort Knox from nearly two months aiding earthquake survivors in Haiti.
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FORT KNOX, Ky. (AP) -- Soldiers have returned to Fort Knox from nearly two months aiding earthquake survivors in Haiti.
Members of the 3rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) came back to the U.S. Army post Tuesday -- their second return in a year's time. The unit returned from Iraq last summer.
The News-Enterprise reported unit commander Col. Robin B. Akin said, "The biggest challenge was going into a country that has nothing."
The unit performed logistical duties, supplying survivors and American troops with food, medicine, water and mail.
Staff Sgt. Thierry Alexandre, who was born in Haiti, volunteered for the mission and interpreted Haitian Creole for U.S. troops. Alexandre is a member of the 16th Cavalry Regiment.
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Information from: The News-Enterprise, http://www.thenewsenterprise.com
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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