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Army Spc. Tanner Lauderback watches water drop from a bambi bucket during firefighting efforts at Russian Lake near Cooper Landing, on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska, June 17, 2015. Lauderback, a crew chief assigned to the Alaska National Guard's 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, flew multiple missions as crews dropped thousands of gallons of water over the fire.

Army Spc. Tanner Lauderback watches water drop from a bambi bucket during firefighting efforts at Russian Lake near Cooper Landing, on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska, June 17, 2015. Lauderback, a crew chief assigned to the Alaska National Guard's 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, flew multiple missions as crews dropped thousands of gallons of water over the fire.

Army Spc. Tanner Lauderback watches water drop from a bambi bucket during firefighting efforts at Russian Lake near Cooper Landing, on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska, June 17, 2015. Lauderback, a crew chief assigned to the Alaska National Guard's 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, flew multiple missions as crews dropped thousands of gallons of water over the fire.

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