Lance Corporal Tyler Griffin Returns Home to Voluntown

story & photos by Jessica Warzeniak

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Marine Lance Corporal Tyler Owen Griffin returned home to Voluntown, on Monday, April 12. The motorcade, escorted by State Police, Patriot Guard Riders, Leathernecks and Freedom Riders, was greeted by hundreds of townspeople along the [...]

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In addition, Gov. Rell said plans call for adding two [...]

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“The news that Sikorsky – the provider of the Marine One fleet for every president since Dwight D. Eisenhower [...]