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U.S. Army Spc. Henry Rosenquist and a U.S. Marine locate enemy forces during a patrol near Combat Outpost Honaker Miracle in Konar province, Afghanistan, July 29, 2009. Rosenquist and the Marine are assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Mountain Warrior. U.S. and Afghan forces were patrolling the area on the way to a meeting with village elders.

U.S. Army Spc. Henry Rosenquist and a U.S. Marine locate enemy forces during a patrol near Combat Outpost Honaker Miracle in Konar province, Afghanistan, July 29, 2009. Rosenquist and the Marine are assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Mountain Warrior. U.S. and Afghan forces were patrolling the area on the way to a meeting with village elders.

U.S. Army Spc. Henry Rosenquist and a U.S. Marine locate enemy forces during a patrol near Combat Outpost Honaker Miracle in Konar province, Afghanistan, July 29, 2009. Rosenquist and the Marine are assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Mountain Warrior. U.S. and Afghan forces were patrolling the area on the way to a meeting with village elders.

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