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Soldiers, Families Earn Citizenship

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Published November 9, 2011 at 12:09 PM EST
Twenty-one soldiers and their family members became U.S. citizens following a ceremony held Monday at 101st Airborne Division Headquarters.
David Snow
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The Eagle Post
Twenty-one soldiers and their family members became U.S. citizens following a ceremony held Monday at 101st Airborne Division Headquarters.

On Monday, 21 soldiers and their spouses became citizens of the United States in a naturalization ceremony held at the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) headquarters at Fort Campbell. Applicants came from a wide variety of countries, including Cuba, Somalia, Kenya, Cameroon, Haiti, Argentina, Russia, Canada, Germany, Egypt, Nigeria and The Philippines.
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