Virginia's 'Bedford Boys' carry history into deployment [Image 3 of 4]

CAMP ADDER, IRAQ

01.05.2010

Photo by 1st Lt. Angela Fry 

256th Brigade Combat Team, Louisiana Army National Guard

Virginia Army National Guardsmen with A Company, 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, pose outside their armory in Bedford, Va., before departing for Camp Shelby, Miss., for their deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom with the Louisiana Army National Guard's 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary). The unit last deployed under their company colors in support of World War II, where they laid claim to fame as the "Bedford Boys" after losing 22 Soldiers in the first few minutes of the Allied Invasion on D-Day. (Courtesy photo provided by Tom Graves, Jr, of Central Virginia Images Photography/256th Infantry Brigade PAO Released)

• Date Taken: 01.05.2010
• Date Posted: 05.04.2010 12:12
• Photo ID: 275590
• VIRIN: 100105-A-1111G-001
• Resolution: 995x532
• Size: 148.98 KB
• Location: CAMP ADDER, IQ