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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jimmy Hackett displays the Chicago 2016 Olympic baton after executing a jump with it attached to his flight suit for about 10,000 spectators at North Avenue Beach in Chicago, June 23, 2009. Hackett is a member of the 82nd Airborne Division's All-American Freefall Team on Fort Bragg, N.C.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jimmy Hackett displays the Chicago 2016 Olympic baton after executing a jump with it attached to his flight suit for about 10,000 spectators at North Avenue Beach in Chicago, June 23, 2009. Hackett is a member of the 82nd Airborne Division's All-American Freefall Team on Fort Bragg, N.C.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jimmy Hackett displays the Chicago 2016 Olympic baton after executing a jump with it attached to his flight suit for about 10,000 spectators at North Avenue Beach in Chicago, June 23, 2009. Hackett is a member of the 82nd Airborne Division's All-American Freefall Team on Fort Bragg, N.C.

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