The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, December 9, 1994               TAG: 9412090718
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B1   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

THEY'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS 200 SOLDIERS RETURN FROM SOUTHWEST ASIA TO LANGLEY

ILLUSTRATION: Color photos

LAWRENCE JACKSON/Staff

The Gillespie family - Janette, 14, second from left; Annie, 5, on

the shoulders of Jason Poe, 16; wife Tonya; and Shannon, 12, holding

the sign - await Sgt. Dale Gillespie's return.

Troops from the 11th Transportation Battalion uncase the battalion

colors upon landing at Langley Air Force Base on Thursday. After two

months in Southwest Asia, 218 soldiers, most of them from the Fort

Story-based battalion, returned home.

by CNB