Larry McLendon

Larry McLendon, stateside commanding officer of the 48th Brigade, said.

"I think it's absolutely great these trees will be going to soldiers' families.It's a wonderful patriotic gesture to support our soldiers' families," McLendon said.

Larry McLendon, a member of the 48th whose father, Dutch, is a retired brigadier general and former deputy commander of the brigade.
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"What happens out (at Russell) is the same thing that happened here at the First Street armory," said McLendon, 52, a full-time Guard employee who now serves as the 48th Brigade's rear commander.

The bonds start with a common cause in a common place and last "50 years," said McLendon, who's served nearly that long, if you count a childhood playing on the old conveyor belt.

"When I was a kid, that was a big deal," he said.
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"I saw an ironing board down there," McLendon said.
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"Many a guy's run up and down these things," McLendon said as he and others climbed the steps to the third floor, before eventually ascending to the building's turret.
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McLendon said Guard units in other states fought in Vietnam.
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"The colonel, we raised him," said Heath, referring to McLendon.
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McLendon said members of the 48th will build relationships in Iraq this summer and once they return to Macon.

"It's a bonding that you won't get anywhere else," he said.

Larry McLendon, the 48th's rear detachment commander.
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"Usually these investigations take a little while," said McLendon.