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Ann Arborite Demond Johnson

From Iraq to reality TV

by Eve Silberman

posted 8/23/2011

Five years ago, Sgt. Demond Johnson was told he could choose either Michigan or California as the next stop in his army career. Sunny San Diego beckoned, but after Johnson finished catching his breath at the cost of homes there, he decided to build his own outside Ypsilanti. As it happens, though, he flies fairly often to southern California these days, not for

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