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U.S. Army Spc. Nathaniel Wassink, left, hugs his family after a nine-month deployment to Basrah, Iraq, to support Operation Iraqi Freedom at the armory in Cottage Grove, Minn., July 1, 2010. Wassink is assigned to the 204th Area Support Medical Company.

U.S. Army Spc. Nathaniel Wassink, left, hugs his family after a nine-month deployment to Basrah, Iraq, to support Operation Iraqi Freedom at the armory in Cottage Grove, Minn., July 1, 2010. Wassink is assigned to the 204th Area Support Medical Company.

U.S. Army Spc. Nathaniel Wassink, left, hugs his family after a nine-month deployment to Basrah, Iraq, to support Operation Iraqi Freedom at the armory in Cottage Grove, Minn., July 1, 2010. Wassink is assigned to the 204th Area Support Medical Company.

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