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Army Staff Sgt. David Ortiz, from Chicago, a tank commander with Company D, 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, attached to Troop C, 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, sticks out his hand atop an Abrams tank to catch a personal coin from Army Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, commander of Multinational Division Center, Jan 16, 2008. Photo by Sgt. Michael Connors, USA

Army Staff Sgt. David Ortiz, from Chicago, a tank commander with Company D, 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, attached to Troop C, 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, sticks out his hand atop an Abrams tank to catch a personal coin from Army Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, commander of Multinational Division Center, Jan 16, 2008. Photo by Sgt. Michael Connors, USA

Army Staff Sgt. David Ortiz, from Chicago, a tank commander with Company D, 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, attached to Troop C, 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, sticks out his hand atop an Abrams tank to catch a personal coin from Army Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, commander of Multinational Division Center, Jan 16, 2008. Photo by Sgt. Michael Connors, USA

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