Iowa Guards wounded in bomb blast

Three Iowa National Guard soldiers were wounded yesterday by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.

They are Spc. Adam P. Eilers, 23, of Garber; Spc. Andrew Zimmerman, 20, of Camanche; and Pfc. Caleb J. Redell, 22, of Erie, Ill. They all are members of Company A of the 1-133rd Battalion based in Dubuque, said Col. Gregory Hapgood, a Guard spokesman.

The bomb exploded near the soldiers' armored truck during a morning patrol in Laghman Province, which is in eastern Afghanistan. The men all were taken to a military hospital at Bagram Airfield.

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