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Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Navy Adm. Edmund Giambastiani presented U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Michael Donnelly and U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Justin Ledsome with an award for their service in Iraq during a USO dinner at Pentagon City's Ritz-Carlton in Arlington, Va., March 22, 2006. Donnelly and Ledsome were stationed together in Iraq when both men were injured.

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Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Navy Adm. Edmund Giambastiani presented U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Michael Donnelly and U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Justin Ledsome with an award for their service in Iraq during a USO dinner at Pentagon City's Ritz-Carlton in Arlington, Va., March 22, 2006. Donnelly and Ledsome were stationed together in Iraq when both men were injured.

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