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U.S. Army Pvt. Tim Lacello, from 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, walks past local women working in a field while on patrol south of Bayji, Iraq, April 4, 2006.

Bayji Patrol

U.S. Army Pvt. Tim Lacello, from 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, walks past local women working in a field while on patrol south of Bayji, Iraq, April 4, 2006.

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