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U.S. Army Capt. Clay White, right, talks to an Iraqi police officer as he carries an Iraqi child wearing a police uniform following a school supply distribution in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, April 1, 2009. White, a company commander, is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company C, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Iraqi officials invited U.S. paratroopers to participate in National Orphan Day across Iraq and more than 60 orphan children received needed goods.

U.S. Army Capt. Clay White, right, talks to an Iraqi police officer as he carries an Iraqi child wearing a police uniform following a school supply distribution in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, April 1, 2009. White, a company commander, is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company C, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Iraqi officials invited U.S. paratroopers to participate in National Orphan Day across Iraq and more than 60 orphan children received needed goods.

U.S. Army Capt. Clay White, right, talks to an Iraqi police officer as he carries an Iraqi child wearing a police uniform following a school supply distribution in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, April 1, 2009. White, a company commander, is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company C, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Iraqi officials invited U.S. paratroopers to participate in National Orphan Day across Iraq and more than 60 orphan children received needed goods.

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