N.E. Marines Returning Home
Hundreds of New England Marines will be returning home to a warm welcome from family and friends Thursday after serving seven months in Iraq.
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Thu Oct 26, 7:54 AM ET
NewsCenter 5's Steve Lacy reported that about 400 local Marines were coming home and relatives began showing up to greet them at Ft. Devens as soon as the gates opened around 6:30 a.m.
The Marines were members of the Key Volunteer network and were appointed by the U.S. Marine Corps. to keep families connected and up-to-date on what's going on with loved ones overseas.
"I'm waiting on my husband. His name is Chuck Delacourt and we're from Cape Cod and we're waiting for [daughter] Jackie's daddy which is pretty exciting. He hasn't seen her for about seven months, so he's going to see her walking, talking ... all that good stuff," his wife Julie Delacourt said.
The Marines had landed at Westover Air Base in Chicopee and were expected back at Ft. Devens about 8 a.m. Thursday.