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U.S. Army Capt. Donald Williamson, a chaplain at the U.S. Army Garrison in Bamberg, Germany, gives 2009 Operation Rising Star winner Lisa Pratt of Fort Carson, Colo., a congratulatory hug in front of co-host Victor Hurtado at Wallace Theater on Fort Belvoir, Va., Nov. 20, 2009.

U.S. Army Capt. Donald Williamson, a chaplain at the U.S. Army Garrison in Bamberg, Germany, gives 2009 Operation Rising Star winner Lisa Pratt of Fort Carson, Colo., a congratulatory hug in front of co-host Victor Hurtado at Wallace Theater on Fort Belvoir, Va., Nov. 20, 2009.

U.S. Army Capt. Donald Williamson, a chaplain at the U.S. Army Garrison in Bamberg, Germany, gives 2009 Operation Rising Star winner Lisa Pratt of Fort Carson, Colo., a congratulatory hug in front of co-host Victor Hurtado at Wallace Theater on Fort Belvoir, Va., Nov. 20, 2009.

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