Sunday, Westp Plains demonstrated a huge show of support for their hometown hero. From the overpass on I-44, to the West Plains square, and all along the road to home, Andy Ingalsbe's home town was ready to say welcome home.

Old Glory flying and yellow signs of support tied around town; family, friends and complete strangers came out to welcome their hero. "Every day, we pray for him and thought of him, and this was just our way of coming out to say welcome home," says Heather Peugh, who brought the whole family to watch Andy go by.

"It's my way of thanking him for what he's done for us," says Neal Wright."

Mary Lou and Ed Ingalsbe haven't seen their son in more than a year, and are thankful for this day. "God's been very good, very good," says Mary Lou.

They can hardly believe the roaring display. "I was just bumfuzzled. I thought maybe 15 or 20, nothing like this- it's amazing!" says Mary Lou. It's a show of respect and of pure happiness that their hero is home.

With an escort and fanfare fit for a king, Major Andy Ingalsbe is finally in familiar territory, and humbled by the show of love and support. "All kinds of people there, the American Legion, all the bikers and people lined up, probably about six miles, from city limits to home or more, and people standing there waving. You just can't explain it," says Ingalsbe.

After what happened just weeks ago, the Ingalsbes feel blessed to see this day. His wife, Judy remembers the phone call from her brother-in-law. "He said, Judy, the Army is trying to get ahold of you. Something's happened to Andy," says Judy Ingalsbe.

Andy was the only member of his unit injured in the ambush. "I really didn't know I'd been shot in the back. It knocked me down, and I had the sensation in my leg," says Ingalsbe. "It just goes to show how good the American people really are," says Mary Lou.

And the feeling is mutual. "Long day, but I feel like I could go for another day, because it's just so good to be home," says Ingalsbe.

Major Andy Ingalsbe was in a hospital in Germany, then sent to Walter Reed Army Medical Center for seventeen days, and then spent time as an outpatient. He and his wife will be home for about a month and then go back. He will have a neck surgery around the first of the year.

Ingalsbe has been in the military for nearly 30 years, having come out of retirement to deploy to Iraq and then Afghanistan. He was working in Civil Affairs when injured.