FORT MILL, S.C. (AP) -- About 200 Army National Guard troops are coming home to South Carolina for the holidays.
A South Carolina National Guard spokesman says the troops will arrive Wednesday morning in Fort Mill and Spartanburg. The men and women have been training at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin for deployment to Afghanistan.
Julie Yenicheck of Lowe's Home Improvement of Mooresville, N.C., says her firm chipped in $25,000 of the $35,000 cost of bus transportation.
Private donations were needed because federal regulations bar soldiers from traveling at government expense while on leave.
About 100 members of the 1222nd Engineer Company will arrive at a Lowe's store in Fort Mill, while another 100 from the 174th Engineer Company will go to Spartanburg.
They have 10 days of leave before returning.
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