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10 Wounded Veterans Arrive for Vineyard Derby Challenge

The service members and their families arrived on Island Sunday afternoon, when they were greeted at Martha's Vineyard Airport by cheers, flags and a trumpet salute, reports the Vineyard Gazette.

For the next week, 10 wounded American soldiers will be fishing the Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass & Bluefish Derby as part of the fifth annual American Heroes Saltwater Challenge sponsored by the Beach Plum Inn.

The service members and their families arrived on Island Sunday afternoon, when they were greeted at Martha's Vineyard Airport by cheers, flags and a trumpet salute, reports the Vineyard Gazette.

Read "Wounded Soldiers Get Heroes' Welcome For Start of Saltwater Challenge."

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