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Final farewell

Buses transporting 159 members of the 682nd Engineering Battalion based in Willmar were led out of town by members of the Patriot Guard Sunday afternoon. They will go to Texas where they will undergo final training before they are deployed to Kuwait.

2072477+101215.N.WCT_.Troops-2.jpg — Buses transporting 159 members of the 682nd Engineering Battalion based in Willmar were led out of town by members of the Patriot Guard. (CAROLYN LANGE | TRIBUNE)

By Carolyn Lange

October 11, 2015 at 10:19 PM

Buses transporting 159 members of the 682nd Engineering Battalion based in Willmar were led out of town by members of the Patriot Guard Sunday afternoon. They will go to Texas where they will undergo final training before they are deployed to Kuwait.

A parade of community support

159 soldiers prepare for nine months in Kuwait

Video: Minnesota National Guard unit at Willmar headed to Persian Gulf

Video: Before deployment, 682nd Engineering Battalion parades through Willmar

Daniel Bilotto, (far right) of Vadnais Heights and Nathan McCann, of Eden Valley (left) hang out in the Willmar National Guard Armory Sunday afternoon before their 4:30 p.m. departure for Texas where they will undergo final training before they are deployed to Kuwait. The men are with the 682nd Engineering Battalion based in Willmar. (CAROLYN LANGE | TRIBUNE)

By Carolyn Lange

Carolyn Lange is a features writer at the West Central Tribune. She can be reached at clange@wctrib.com or 320-894-9750