Calif. National Guard joins firefighting effort (AP)

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

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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