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Calif. National Guard joins firefighting effort (AP)

Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 7:44 am, Over one day old

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Capt. Walt Williams, right, calls for volunteers as he trains members of the California National Guard during fire training, Wednesday, July 9, 2008, in Albion, Calif. California's wildfire season has grown so severe so swiftly that National Guard troops have been deployed to fight the flames on the ground for the first time in 30 years. Many of them are arriving at the fire line just after returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)AP - Sweat rolled down Lisa Mirander's forehead as she hacked a tangle of saplings and brush down to bare dirt to prevent a wildfire from spreading. It was a tough job, but no harder than the 13 months she served in Afghanistan.




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