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U.S. Army Spc. Elam Scott, left, and an Iraqi soldier leave a helipad after completing a mission on Camp Taji, Iraq, June 3, 2009. Scott is assigned to Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment.

U.S. Army Spc. Elam Scott, left, and an Iraqi soldier leave a helipad after completing a mission on Camp Taji, Iraq, June 3, 2009. Scott is assigned to Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment.

U.S. Army Spc. Elam Scott, left, and an Iraqi soldier leave a helipad after completing a mission on Camp Taji, Iraq, June 3, 2009. Scott is assigned to Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment.

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