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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Melissa Dyer-Dewitt, a fifer with the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment's Fife and Drum Corps, marches down Sheridan Avenue, Jan. 9, 2009, on Fort Myer, Va., in preparation for President-elect Barack Obama’s inaugural parade Jan. 20 in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Melissa Dyer-Dewitt, a fifer with the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment's Fife and Drum Corps, marches down Sheridan Avenue, Jan. 9, 2009, on Fort Myer, Va., in preparation for President-elect Barack Obama’s inaugural parade Jan. 20 in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Melissa Dyer-Dewitt, a fifer with the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment's Fife and Drum Corps, marches down Sheridan Avenue, Jan. 9, 2009, on Fort Myer, Va., in preparation for President-elect Barack Obama’s inaugural parade Jan. 20 in Washington, D.C.

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