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Dec 3, 2007 6:06 pm US/Eastern
WJZ Interview Brightens One Wife's Day
BALTIMORE (WJZ) ―
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A live interview with Maryland soldiers stationed in Iraq helped warm the heart of one woman who hadn't seen her husband in months.
WJZ's pregame coverage of the Army/Navy football rivalry on Saturday brought special meaning for family members of Maryland's National Guard Unit based out of Annapolis.
Derek Valcourt reports a live interview with Maryland soldiers stationed in Iraq helped warm the heart of one woman who hadn't seen her husband in months.
Kerry Gehring was watching WJZ's pregame coverage of the Army/Navy game from the National Guard Armory in Annapolis, and there he was on television--the husband she hadn't seen in months.
Lt. Col. Jim Gehring joined two members of his battalion in a live interview on WJZ to talk about how troops in Iraq were watching the Army/Navy game.
"It just so happens that today we are having our battalion holiday dinner in Annapolis at the Annapolis Armory, so we have families from all across our cavalry battalion. We have one calvary in Glen Burnie and one in Easton, so we have people coming from all over the state to our holiday dinner, and we'd like to say hello to them," said Jim Gehring.
Like hundreds of other family members of deployed National Guard Troops, Kerry Gehring hadn't seen her husband since August.
"So it was real exciting to see him on TV right there in front of me on the big screen, surrounded by some of the other soldiers and family members who had already arrived here at the armory. And to hear his voice and watch him was very close to my heart," said Kerry Gehring.
Kerry says she's hoping she'll get to see her husband again in February if he's able to take his leave.
"He looked good in his uniform with his stetson on. The stetsons come a little bit low on their head. so you don't really get to see their eyes that well, but I was proud of him," said Kerry Gehring.
The first of the 158th Cavalry is about halfway through their deployment now.
They are scheduled to return sometime in June.
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