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U.S Army Spc. Steven Hamilton (right) gives medical treatment to a 12-year-old Afghan boy in Mowtsi village in Zabul province, Afghanistan, on Oct. 7, 2009. Hamilton is a medic, attached to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, United States Army Europe. U.S. soldiers of 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment are deployed throughout southern Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Spc. Steven Hamilton gives medical treatment to a 12-year-old Afghan boy.

U.S Army Spc. Steven Hamilton (right) gives medical treatment to a 12-year-old Afghan boy in Mowtsi village in Zabul province, Afghanistan, on Oct. 7, 2009. Hamilton is a medic, attached to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, United States Army Europe. U.S. soldiers of 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment are deployed throughout southern Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

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