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Soldier savors Sheridan homecoming

Sep-22-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

The following is a great story from a hometown paper about a soldier home for R&R.

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By DD BIXBY Of the News-Register

A large homemade sign hangs on the front of the Sheridan home of Jamie and Theresa McMahon. "Welcome Home Andy," it reads, in blazing color.

Their middle child, Army Spc. Andrew McMahon, surprised his family Sept. 8 when he capped a 10-month tour in Iraq with a quick trip back.

This is longest I've been away from home, so it's weird," he said. "I was pretty excited to come home."

Andy learned of his 16-day leave only a week in advance. He told his mother he "might" be able to make a trip home, but kept the details to himself.

"Even then, I was surprised," Theresa said. "He called me from the airport and said, 'Come get me.'"

"I'm just like that," Andy said with a sly grin.

After spending almost a year in Iraq, where temperatures reach 140 degrees, returning to Oregon weather was a bit of a shock. "It's freezing here," he said.

But a case of the shivers didn't have him complaining too long.

"It's amazing to be back," he said "It really makes you appreciate the U.S."

"He said it even made Sheridan look good," Theresa said, laughing.

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