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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jimmy Hackett, left, and Sgt. Richard Sloan demonstrate their skills for about 10,000 spectators at the Chicago 2016 Olympic Day celebration on North Avenue Beach in Chicago, June 23, 2009. Hackett and Sloan are members of the 82nd Airborne Division's All-American Freefall Team on Fort Bragg, N.C. Sloan is displaying the newly unveiled 750 square-foot American flag.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jimmy Hackett, left, and Sgt. Richard Sloan demonstrate their skills for about 10,000 spectators at the Chicago 2016 Olympic Day celebration on North Avenue Beach in Chicago, June 23, 2009. Hackett and Sloan are members of the 82nd Airborne Division's All-American Freefall Team on Fort Bragg, N.C. Sloan is displaying the newly unveiled 750 square-foot American flag.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jimmy Hackett, left, and Sgt. Richard Sloan demonstrate their skills for about 10,000 spectators at the Chicago 2016 Olympic Day celebration on North Avenue Beach in Chicago, June 23, 2009. Hackett and Sloan are members of the 82nd Airborne Division's All-American Freefall Team on Fort Bragg, N.C. Sloan is displaying the newly unveiled 750 square-foot American flag.

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