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Soldiers prepare a CH-47 Chinook helicopter equipped with a Bambi bucket to help fight the East Peak fire near La Veta, Colo., June 21, 2013. The soldiers, National Guardsmen, are assigned to the Colorado Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment, stationed on Buckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colo.

Soldiers prepare a CH-47 Chinook helicopter equipped with a Bambi bucket to help fight the East Peak fire near La Veta, Colo., June 21, 2013. The soldiers, National Guardsmen, are assigned to the Colorado Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment, stationed on Buckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colo.

Soldiers prepare a CH-47 Chinook helicopter equipped with a Bambi bucket to help fight the East Peak fire near La Veta, Colo., June 21, 2013. The soldiers, National Guardsmen, are assigned to the Colorado Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment, stationed on Buckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colo.

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