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S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Richard C. Ramos of Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines chats with some Iraqi children in the town of Al Ish, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom, May 9, 2006.

Friends in Al Ish

S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Richard C. Ramos of Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines chats with some Iraqi children in the town of Al Ish, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom, May 9, 2006.

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