Lanon Baccam: “I spent eight years in the Iowa Army National Guard.”

“I'm a combat veteran. I'm an Iowan born and raised. I grew up in southeast Iowa, down in Mount Pleasant, where my parents still live to this day. I spent eight years in the Iowa Army National Guard. I deployed to Afghanistan in 2004 with my unit. I was a company engineer down in Kandahar for a year. When I came home, had a chance to serve this country again.” (00:16–00:20)

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