{"id":924,"date":"2024-01-03T22:40:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T22:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=924"},"modified":"2024-01-03T22:40:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T22:40:25","slug":"soldiers-deployed-for-11-months-sing-take-me-home-country-roads-on-flight-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=924","title":{"rendered":"Soldiers Deployed For 11 Months Sing \u201cTake Me Home, Country Roads\u201d On Flight Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Right after a plane landed filled with soldiers who hadn\u2019t been home for almost a year, they broke out into song. Because they landed in West Virginia, their song choice was pretty easy.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/93qkuu9zl1r51-1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/93qkuu9zl1r51-1.webp 300w, https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/93qkuu9zl1r51-1-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nChandler McDaniel of the U.S. Army originally posted the video of him and his fellow soldiers singing \u201cTake Me Home, Country Roads\u201d when they \u201clanded back in West Virginia,\u201d he noted on the social media app TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>As of press time, it\u2019s racked up 125,000 likes, over 555,000 views and has been reposted on various social media accounts including Barstool Sports. 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