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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: flowers on January 07, 2014, 06:20:40 pm

Title: US sending extra combat unit to South Korea
Post by: flowers on January 07, 2014, 06:20:40 pm

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_UNITED_STATES_KOREA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-01-07-13-08-33

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. is sending an additional Army combat force of 800 soldiers to South Korea with tanks and armored troop carriers.

A brief Pentagon announcement said the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment from the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas, will deploy to two locations in South Korea on Feb. 1.