Estimated read time: Less than a minute
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
(KSL News) --At the airport today was a happy homecoming. After serving more than a year in Baghdad, thirteen soldiers from the US Army Reserve returned to Utah.
Their mission had a unique focus. This group was a postal platoon, responsible for delivering mail to some 16-thousand soldiers.
It's not a responsibility you would typically associate with war, but these men were the communication links. They delivered the letters and messages that kept many US troops going and motivated.
