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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jonathan Trout provides security during a patrol in the vicinity of Forward Operating Base Abu Gharib in the Al Anbar province of Iraq, April 12, 2006.

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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jonathan Trout provides security during a patrol in the vicinity of Forward Operating Base Abu Gharib in the Al Anbar province of Iraq, April 12, 2006.

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