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Army Pfc. Alexander Cesario, of Somerville, N.J., a forward observer with Company A, Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, displays his father's American flag on a rooftop in Baghdad's Suleikh neighborhood, Dec. 27, 2007. As a soldier in Vietnam, the elder Cesario flew the flag every day -- including a three-day period that he was missing in action -- and his son now carries it with him on patrols in Iraq. Photo by Staff Sgt. Mike Pryor, USA

Army Pfc. Alexander Cesario, of Somerville, N.J., a forward observer with Company A, Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, displays his father's American flag on a rooftop in Baghdad's Suleikh neighborhood, Dec. 27, 2007. As a soldier in Vietnam, the elder Cesario flew the flag every day -- including a three-day period that he was missing in action -- and his son now carries it with him on patrols in Iraq. Photo by Staff Sgt. Mike Pryor, USA

Army Pfc. Alexander Cesario, of Somerville, N.J., a forward observer with Company A, Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, displays his father's American flag on a rooftop in Baghdad's Suleikh neighborhood, Dec. 27, 2007. As a soldier in Vietnam, the elder Cesario flew the flag every day -- including a three-day period that he was missing in action -- and his son now carries it with him on patrols in Iraq. Photo by Staff Sgt. Mike Pryor, USA

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