Marines Going to Iraq
A group of about 60 local Marines head to Iraq for the second time.
Angela Hatcher / WSLS NewsChannel 10
Sep 17, 2007
There were plenty of handshakes and hugs as the company B said goodbye to friends and family in Roanoke.
The Marines will be gone for a year. First they'll train in California. Then it's off to Iraq.
They tell us, they're ready and willing.
"You don't go to Disney World to sit on the park bench. You don't join the Marines if you don't want to do what your job is.", says Cpl. Corey Showalter.
The Marines left from Roanoke Regional Airport on separate flights throughout the day Monday.
Company B was sent to Iraq for the first time in 2005.