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Army Sgt. Ian McPherson, an infantry soldier in 1st Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, scans his sector during a combat patrol in Mosul, Iraq, April 12, 2008.

Army Sgt. Ian McPherson, an infantry soldier in 1st Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, scans his sector during a combat patrol in Mosul, Iraq, April 12, 2008.

Army Sgt. Ian McPherson, an infantry soldier in 1st Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, scans his sector during a combat patrol in Mosul, Iraq, April 12, 2008.

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