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Maj. Hugh Shoults, operations officer, Task Force Dragon, 18th Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, N.C., is the third generation of Shoults men to carry a family heirloom bugle to a combat zone. The familys tradition began with his grandfather in 1916. Shoults father and uncle carried the bugle in battle in World War II and Vietnam. Photo by Sgt. Michael J. Carden, USA

Maj. Hugh Shoults, operations officer, Task Force Dragon, 18th Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, N.C., is the third generation of Shoults men to carry a family heirloom bugle to a combat zone. The familys tradition began with his grandfather in 1916. Shoults father and uncle carried the bugle in battle in World War II and Vietnam. Photo by Sgt. Michael J. Carden, USA

Maj. Hugh Shoults, operations officer, Task Force Dragon, 18th Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, N.C., is the third generation of Shoults men to carry a family heirloom bugle to a combat zone. The familys tradition began with his grandfather in 1916. Shoults father and uncle carried the bugle in battle in World War II and Vietnam. Photo by Sgt. Michael J. Carden, USA

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