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A U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter prepares to land near Ubaydi, Iraq prior to medically evacuating a wounded Iraqi Army soldier, Nov. 14, 2005. U.S. Navy hospital corpsmen assigned to Battalion Aid Station, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, wait with the soldier who was wounded during Operation Steel Curtain, a joint U.S.-Iraqi military offensive aimed at preventing cells of Al Qaeda from entering Iraq through the Syrian border.

Medical Aid

A U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter prepares to land near Ubaydi, Iraq prior to medically evacuating a wounded Iraqi Army soldier, Nov. 14, 2005. U.S. Navy hospital corpsmen assigned to Battalion Aid Station, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, wait with the soldier who was wounded during Operation Steel Curtain, a joint U.S.-Iraqi military offensive aimed at preventing cells of Al Qaeda from entering Iraq through the Syrian border.

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